Grace Lloyd to Joseph Richardson

72BULLETIN OF FRIENDS' HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The editor of the forthcoming edition of John Woolman's Journal has regretted inevitable delays. The MS. is now nearly ready, but no one can tell the further obstacles in printing, to which books are now increasingly subject. Biographical notes and a family table of descent require time also. GRACE LLOYD TO JOSEPH RICHARDSON. The following letter from Grace Lloyd to Joseph Richardson will be of interest to many readers of the Bulletin. Grace (Growden) Lloyd (1676-1760) was wife of the Quaker politician , David Lloyd, of whom Isaac Sharpless has written so ably in his various books on Pennsylvania history. Joseph Richardson (1711-1784) was her nephew; the terms "cousin" and " nephew " were then often used interchangeably. He was a very well known Philadelphia silversmith, and many of his pieces are now treasured possessions in the families who can own them. The number and importance of the Philadelphia silversmiths is so great that a very interesting historical account of them is possible. The letter is owned by Frances Richardson, and sent through the courtesy of Anna Richardson, of Torresdale, Pa. It was shown at the Annual Meeting. Chester, 3 mo. 27th. 1756. Dear cuz. Joseph— I have herewith sent y" spoon thou made desiring thee to mark it S. F. in good handsome Leters and make me anothere like it and Mark it L. L. with Space betweene ye Leters and send them by a safe hand and as soon as thou can and lett me know what they com to and I hope to send thee the Mony as soon as I can have a sutable oportunity. I have sent a large Canestor for thy Bror to put some tea in it he promised to send I had noe less but pound Canestor tho it is bige he may put what he pleases in it. I desire thou'll tell him I want to know how his daughter gott and if it has given ye Gout. Writing is hard work, tho I mak such bad Work of it. My love to sister Hannah when thou sees her. BOOKS OF INTEREST TO FRIENDS.73 TVIy love to thy Wife and to Baby and take of a large Share thyselfe , from thy affectionate Aun. Gra. Lloyd. I should have writ to ffrancis but cañt. I intend to have sent thy book but having company yesterday and today had not time —if thou Wants them shall endeavour to send them next trip. BOOKS OF INTEREST TO FRIENDS. No more gratifying news has come across the water regarding things historical than the information that the Journal of George Fox has at last become the property of Friends at the Reference Library, Devonshire House, London, where it will remain as one of its most treasured possessions. With it are letters to and from George Fox and the Fells; the MSS have heretofore been known as the " Spence MSS" in three excellently mounted and bound volumes. After many vicissitudes, and a long loan of them to the Library by Robert Spence, the artist, who was their late owner, the purchase has been accomplished, and it is matter of satisfaction that American Friends have done their share in the work. As a suitable and altogether courteous acknowledgment of hospitalities received at the hands of the English Friends, the American group of visitors at the All Friends Conference in London last autumn aided in completing the purchase price of £1500, giving an international interest to the Journal of the Founder of Quakerism. The priceless MS. will remain in the care of the Librarian, Norman Penney, F.R.H.S., who in 191 1 ably edited it for publication by the Cambridge University Press. Household Account Book of Sarah Fell of Swarthmore Hall. Edited by Norman Penney, F.R.H.S. (Cambridge University Press, London. The Macmillan Co., New York.) Such a commonplace thing as an account book will sometimes preserve for future generations a picture of home life that can be presented in no other way. . This cash book, with its infinite number of homely details of payments to the laborers of Lancashire and Cumberland, and its suggestions of character...