Year
1696/7
Sender Place
Rhode Island
Receiver
Phineas Pemberton and Phebe Pemberton
Receiver Place
Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Repository holding original letter
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Full Date
1697-03-07
Document Type
Transcription
Country, State, Location 1
41.580093, -71.477432
Country, State, Location 2
40.345165, -75.126389
Keywords
Phineas Pemberton, Daniel Gould, Phebe Pemberton, Social Network
Abstract
Letter dated March 7, 1697 (February 26, 1696 Old Style) from Daniel Gould to Phineas Pemberton.
Transcription
Deare [Dear] Phinehas [Phineas Pemberton],
And
Phebe Pemberton
To whom is my Love beyond words: Before
John Adams went from hence, I writ [write] a few Lines
Intending to Sam: Jennings [Samuel Jennings] by him; but I feel short,
in Delivering: And I know not any oppertunity [opportunity] til [until] now;
and this is by a friend; one Tobias Dymock, who I hope
may Deliver it with his owne [own] hand, and give you Acco^t^ [account]:
of our Affairs: ffor [For] hath [has] Knowledge of most publike [public]
things in these parts. Jonathon Tyler hath [has] bin [been] from
hence in the Eastrn [Eastern] parts of this country, several
months; And we hear of Great flockings [flocking] to him.
This country, has a wise professing people in it; And
they [ink stain] that Com [come] here must not be novicess [novices]:
yes we want skilful [skillful] Labours [laborers]; that can
Divide things aright [alright]: for utterance, is a Great help
to Knowlegd [knowledge]; to sett [set] forth things to others: ffor [For]
many have a Blessed Knowledg [knowledge], and a Life in the
Knowledge; But want an utterance when the
fluent Tongue, many Times, goes beyond its Knowledge;
That is, Little favour [favor] in its Tongue utterance, though
Words of Truth: wherefore Let favour [favor] be gained;
that Gives favour [favor] to words: for he that is
meals. Ministry, in the words of Truth, that
hath [has] not the favour [favor] of Truth, Is as the Chaff
to the wheat; which ones [once] were together, But now
must be Divided; for what is the Chaff to the
wheat?
My love to Deare [dear] Thomas Janney
and Grefie Owen [Griffith Owen], if Com [come] for I love them;
and many more among you, whose favoured [favored]
Remaines [remains]: ffor [For] the sweetness of the favour [favor]
so I cannot but Love one an other [another]: which is
the first and the Last. ffarwell [Farewell]: Dan Gould [Daniel Gould].
Road Island [Rhode Island]
26.12.96-7.
In hast [haste], if any uncumlyness [uncomeliness] [faded words]
Put Comlyness [comeliness] upon it, for I meane [mean]
well, but not in hast [haste]
The Beare^r^ [bearer] here of may Inform
Me at Large.
[page 2]
[In archivist hand]
Daniel Gould
Rhode Island
12 mo. 2d. 1696/7
To
Phineas Pemberton
Bucks [Bucks County, Pennsylvania]
HSP DAMS ID
16031
Language
english
Citation
Gould, Daniel, "Daniel Gould, Phineas Pemberton and Phebe Pemberton, March 7, 1697" (1697). Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions. 74.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/printmigrationnetwork-pemberton-transcriptions/74