The History of the Life of Thomas Ellwood: Written by His Own Hand is an autobiographical account of the life of Thomas Ellwood, written by himself. Ellwood was a 17th-century Quaker who was born in Oxfordshire, England, in 1639. He was a close friend of John Milton, the famous poet and author of Paradise Lost, and was also a prominent figure in the Quaker community.The book begins with Ellwood's childhood and his upbringing in a Puritan household...