Year
1697
Sender Place
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Receiver
Joseph Pemberton
Receiver Place
Burlington, New Jersey
Repository holding original letter
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Full Date
1697-11-08
Document Type
Transcription
Country, State, Location 1
39.952583, -75.165222
Country, State, Location 2
39.932541, -74.722667
Keywords
Israel Pemberton, Philadelphia, Joseph Pemberton, Burlington, Burlington New Jersey, Quakers, Society of Friends, Social network
Abstract
Letter dated November 8, 1697 (October 29, 1697 Old Style) from Israel Pemberton to his brother, Joseph.
Transcription
the 29th ^day of^ mo [month] [page tear] 697 [1697]
Dear Brother
heir [here] i have sent a few lines to let thee [you]
^know^ that we are In health and hoping that
thou [you] [crossed out] art in good helth [health] allso [also] praised
be the lord that wee [we] mey [may] keep so and that
wee [we] mey [may] keep to his power and to dread
him a bove [above] all and to praise him a bove [above]
all [crossed out] that wee may seek after his
holy naime [name] and that wee [we] may keep into [unto]
the Lord and then wee [we] shall be meek
And Low In heart and fear him over all
and then dear brother I hop [hope] that wee [we]
shall be Redey [ready] when they [the] Lord doth please
to call us to him then shall wee [we] be Redey [ready] for
him who is great above all and greater
then [than] all he who is the king of kings
and Lords of Lord wo [who] is the great of all & [and]
their [there] is none like to him and so I end and
hop [hope] to hear from thee [you] and so I bid thee
faire well [farewell] this is from
thy affectiuanated [affectionate]
Brother
Israel Pemberton
and I have
sent to
thee three
bags
for thee
to keep
tyll [until]
father
com [comes]
Israel Pemberton
Philadelphia
8 mo [month] 29 1697
to
Joseph Pemberton
Burlington
For
Joseph : Pemberton
At Burlington
There
HSP DAMS ID
16050
Language
english
Type
article
Format
application/pdf
Collection
PRINT Migration Network: Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions
Receiver (Linked data)
Joseph Pemberton (Q102035871) [Wikidata]
Citation
Israel Pemberton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Joseph Pemberton, Burlington, New Jersey, 1697-11-08, vol. 2, pg. 152, Pemberton Family Papers, 1641-1880, 0484A, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PRINT, 16050, https://stars.library.ucf.edu/printmigrationnetwork-pemberton/255/.
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