Year
1680
Sender Place
Dublin, Ireland
Receiver
Phineas Pemberton via [Benjamin Canbey]
Receiver Place
Bolton, Lancashire, England; Liverpool, England
Repository holding original letter
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Full Date
1680-09-22
Document Type
Transcription
Country, State, Location 1
53.577694, -2.428887
Country, State, Location 2
53.349804, -6.260310; 53.408371, -2.991573
Keywords
Phineas Pemberton, Thomas Atherton, Thomas Lurting, Benjamin Ledbetter, Roger Haydock, John Haydock, Dublin, Bolton, Goods, Society of Friends, Quaker, Social network
Abstract
Letter dated September 22, 1680 (September 12, 1680 Old Style) from Thomas Atherton to Phineas Pemberton. The letter came to Pemberton through an intermediary.
Transcription
For Phinas Pemberton [Phineas Pemberton]
my Boulton [Bolton, Lancashire England]
These
[dd strikethrough]
To Bee [Be] Left wth [with]; Benn
Canbey [Benjamin Canbey] in Liverpoole [Liverpool, England]
who is desired to send it-
forward wth [with] speed & [and] Care
England
These
[page 2 on the right side]
Dub: [Dublin, Ireland] 12 of ye [the] 7 o/m [month] 1680
Phinias Pemberton [Phineas Pemberton]
And Loving frend [friend]
By these thou [you] may knowe [know] yt [that] I have not heard
from thee [you] since thou [you] went away from heare [here]; but
hath [has] Long Expected to have heard from thee [you] both
as to ye [the] rattes [rates] of Lether [leather] & [and] tallow; as for sending wth [with]
Tho: Lertin; [Thomas Lurting] I doe [do] not intend to send any venter [venture] wth [with] him
for I doe [do] not understand yt [that] tobackco [tobacco] will Cleare the –
Charge: for Ben: Ledbetter [Benjamin Ledbetter] tell mee [me] he bought for-
ye: [the] a pound: severall [several] hdd: [hogshead] soe [so] yt [that] doe [do] not intend to
send any thing [anything]. Ether [either] upon my owne [own] nor thy [your] accnnt [account]-
wthout [without] forther [further] order from thee [you] for I belive [believe] it will
not answar [answer] I am basely [basically?] soyled [soiled] wth [with] ye [the] suger [sugar] for I –
must [strikethrough] sell it to Lesse [less] &[and] give time; or Elsse [else]
I Cannot gett [get] it of; wch [which] I have downe [down] a: [strikethrough] boue [about] 12-
in ye [the] soot: Lesse [less/least] & [and] ye [the] worst of all yt [that] I Cannot gett [get]-
monyes [monies] to make retornes [returns] of; tallow is about 30 ^£^ [pound] y
Hundred; Lether [leather] is pitty [pretty] seasenable; [sensible] ye [the] suger [sugar] Candy-
I Can but have 10 ^£^ [pounds/pence] :a: pound for it soe [so] I have not sould [sold]
it as yett; [yet] soe [so] wth [with] my very & [and] upfeaned [unfeigned] Love unto thee [you] thy [your]
wife & [and] father & [and] mother; & [and] my very deare [dear] Love unto-
deare [dear] Rogr. Haddock [Roger Haydock] & [and] John [John Haydock]: wth [with] ye [the] rest of frends [friends] as-
thee [you] may remember; my wifes, [wife’s] deare [dear] Love is unto you
all Love soe [so] wth [with] Love I rest
Thy Lo: [loving] frend [friend]
Tho [Thomas] Atharton [Atherton]
HSP DAMS ID
15990
Language
english
Citation
Atherton, Thomas, "Thomas Atherton, Phineas Pemberton via Benjamin Canbey, September 22 1680" (1680). Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions. 67.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/printmigrationnetwork-pemberton-transcriptions/67