Year
1696
Sender Place
n.p.
Receiver
Phineas Pemberton
Receiver Place
n.p.
Repository holding original letter
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Document Type
Transcription
Keywords
Phineas Pemberton, Samuel Bowne, Phebe Pemberton, Death, Family life- childrearing, Friendship – affection, Social network, Quakers, Society of Friends
Abstract
Letter dated December 10, 1696 (November 30, 1696 Old Style) from Samuel Bowne to Phineas Pemberton. Part of the letter offers consolation for Phebe's recent death.
Transcription
Dear Pe^m^berton [Pemberton] the 30 ^day^: 9 ^mo [month]^ : 1696
My dear love dearly Salutes thee [you] truly sympathy seing [seeing]
[strikethrough] with thee [you] in this thy [your] great loss, O. [oh] my dear
friend my hart [heart] is sadd [sad] to Consider how thee [you] and
thy [your] dear babes will miss soe [so] near a friend & [and] help
Meet as dear Phebe [Phebe Pemberton] was to to thee [you] and thyne [yours] but
what can be said death puts an end to the troubles of
this life & [and] is a blessed day to those that are pre
pered [prepared] for it as I belive [believe] dere [dear] phebe was dear-
Phineas [Phineas Pemberton] wee [we] shall beglad [be glad] to be helpfull [helpful] if in any
thing [anything] wee [we] can asist [assist] thee [you] conse^r^ning [concerning] y^e^ [the] bringing up of
thy [your] chilldren [children] my dear wife is very much con
serned [concerned] for thee [you] and thy [your] little ones. our desires is
the lord may asist [assist] thee [you] in this thy [your] exersise [exercise] –
soe [so] in I [my] hart [heart] with myne [mine] and my wifes [wife’s] dear
love to thee [you] and thyne [yours] I take leave and bid
thee [you] fare well [farewell]. dear hart [heart] forever thy [your] loving
friend in truth- -
wee [we] are all well as I hope ye [you] are
Samuel Bowne
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Samuel Bowne
9 mo [month] 30. 1696
to
Phineas Pemberton
HSP DAMS ID
16027
Language
english
Citation
Bowne, Samuel, "Samuel Bowne, Phineas Pemberton, December 10, 1696" (1696). Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions. 68.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/printmigrationnetwork-pemberton-transcriptions/68