Sender

Andrew Dury

Year

1687

Sender Place

Barbados

Receiver

James Harrison

Receiver Place

[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]; [Pennsbury, Pennsylvania]

Repository holding original letter

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Full Date

1687-02-11

Document Type

Transcription

Country, State, Location 1

13.193887, -59.543198

Country, State, Location 2

39.952583, -75.165222; 40.428123, -80.100609

Keywords

Andrew Dury, James Harrison, James Thomas, John Edmonson, Barbados, Philadelphia, Quakers, Society of Friends, Social network, Goods, Business-land transaction

Abstract

Letter dated February 11, 1687 (February 1, 1686 Old Style) from Andrew Dury to James Harrison.

Transcription

Barbados the 1^st^ of the 12^th^ mo^th^: [month] 1686 02/7/

friend James Harrisson [James Harrison]

After myne [mine] w^th^ [with] my wives [wife’s] Kinde [kind] love to thee [you] thy [your] wife and
ffamily [family] these serves to Informe [inform] thee [you] [faint/illegible-she is?] thine [yours]
p [per] James Thomas, and Err thy [your] time I hope thou [you] hast [have] sold
My Good sent by him the Last voiage [voyage] to My profet [profit] and
Content, and I hope thou [you] hast [have] Confermid [confirmed] the Land
In My name that I bought of John Edmonson according
To the Custom of ye [the] party and for all and Every of
thy [your] Charges I will Allow thee [you] and if none theareon [thereon] dwels [dwells]
Yet sufer [suffer] none until thou [you] heares [hears] further from me, unles [unless]
it Redowne [redone] to My profit, and My Lott [lot] of Land in the
towne [town] I desire thee [you] pale in and my rite [right] Recarded [recorded] as
is usall [usual] in My name I hope if God pmit [permit] to be in-
yo^r^ [your] party a boute [about] the next fall and doe [do] Intend to please
My selfe [self] in the purchace [purchase] of a small plant, but I
hope My Request to thee [you] in this Letter is allready [already]
ffulfiled [fulfilled] if not pray be as Expeditious as possible
for the Accomplishment of the Land for thy [your]
Truly Loveing [loving] ffrd [friend]

Andrew Dury

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Andrew Dury
Barbadoes [Barbados]
12 mo [month] 1. 1686/y
to
James Harrison
Philadelphia.

HSP DAMS ID

15974

Language

english


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