"Book of Epistles of George Fox, Founder of Quakerism"

George Fox (1624-1691) was an English Dissenter and a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers or Friends. George Fox was born in Dreyton-in-the-Clay, now called Fenny Drayton, in Leicestershire, England, in 1624. He was the son of Christopher Fox, a weaver, and Mary Lago Fox. Fox left Drayton-in-the-clay in 1643, to travel around the country as his religious beliefs began to take shape. In 1647, Fox began to preach publicly. Fox married Margaret Fell in 1669. His ministry expanded and he undertook tours of North America and the Low Countries. Between these tours, he was imprisoned for more than a year. He spent the final decade of his life working in London to organize the expanding Quaker movement. George Fox died in 1691.

Thomas Richardson (1680-1761) was born in Rhode Island, the son of William Richardson and his second wife, Amy Borden. Richardson married twice; his first marriage was to Anne Newberry, who died in 1728, and his second marriage was to Mary Wanton in 1729. Richardson was an active Quaker, and served as clerk of his meeting for a number of years. He was the General Treasurer of Rhode Island from 1748 to 1761. Richardson died in Newport, Rhode Island, on April 28, 1761, at the age of 80.