Virginia Governor William Berkeley (June 27, 1663) to officials in Lower Norfolk:
<Gentlemen I thank you for your care of ye County & desire you to continue it, & especially to provide that abominated seed of ye Quakers spread not in your County...Once more I beseech you gentlemen: to have an exact care of this Pestilent sect of ye Quakers.> 1663WB001
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American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement.
Endnotes:
1663WB001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Virginia, June 27, 1663, Governor William Berkeley to officials in Lower Norfold.