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Last name Bowne
First name Robert
Display name Robert Bowne
Birth date 1744
Death date 1818
Death place nycit
Gender m
Affiliations Society of Friends, New York Friends meeting
Bio notes Robert Bowne returned to New York Monthly Meeting in 1783 with his wife, ebown1, and children. He died in New York in 1818 at the age of 74. Appointed as recipient for NYYM funds towards project with Indians; appointed to visit Mountakind and Shinecock tribes; signed letter to Onondaga tribe (1797). Abolitionist.

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Minutes of the Committee on Indian Concern No 1

Reports of the Indian Committee to New York Yearly Meeting, 1795-1806

Life of Thomas Eddy