Year
1679
Sender Place
Bolton, Lancashire, England
Receiver
Phineas Pemberton
Receiver Place
[Nether Newton in Carpmall]
Repository holding original letter
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Full Date
1679-08-06
Document Type
Transcription
Country, State, Location 1
53.577694, -2.428887
Keywords
Anne Moon, Nether Newton in Carpmall, Newton, Phineas Pemberton, Bolton, Christopher Fell, James Harrison, James Thompson, Christopher Atkinson, Society of Friends, Quakers, Social network
Abstract
Letter dated August 6, 1679 (July 27, 1679 Old Style) from Anne Moon to Phineas Pemberton.
Transcription
dear phineas [Phineas Pemberton]
although I never saw thee [you] but once [page tear] yet I have thee [you]:
often in my remembrance I liked thy [your] company so well
that I desire to see thee [you] againe [again] at the height of [cartm…] [page tear: Cartmel]
fell [Cartmel Fell, Cumbria, England] [page tear: at] our meeting house: dear heart thou [you] kindly [page tear: inv…] [invite?]
mee [me] into your countery [country] thy [your] love I doe [do] accept off [of] and
and am ingaged [engaged] to thee [you] for the same but allas [alas] I am so
[page tear: illegible] a traveler that I cannot come without a man & [and]
a horse and I have neither of my own at present we
now live next house to christopher fells [Christopher Fells] we shall be very
glad to see thee [you] or thy [your] father James harison [James Harrison] here my
mother is aquainted [acquainted] with him but not I: but if I cannot
see thee [you] here I desire a line or a 2 [two] from thee [you] and give
mee [me] to know how poor James tompson [James Thompson] is if thou [you] re
member [remember] I asked thee [you] after him tell him that I made
inquiry after him and if I had been able I would
have seen that place called armes [&/illegible] church [Arms Church?] where he
did live: remember me to him and tell him I shall be very
[ink blot] glad either to hear from him or to see him: me think [I think] thou [you]
[ink blot] should come with christopher Atkinson [Christopher Atkinson] when he marries
they are published now thou [you] must accept of this my
remembrance in steade [instead] of mee [me] who rests thy [your]
truely loveing [truly loving] friend in the truth
Ann Moon [Anne Moon]
from netther newton [Nether Newton]
in carpmall [Cartmel?] the
27 of the 5 month
79 [the 27th day of the 5th month 1679]
[page 2]
[At the bottom of the page, in Anne’s handwriting]
for
the hand of my friend
phineas pemberton [Phineas Pemberton]
liveing [living] at boulton [Bolton]
in lancishire [Lancashire, England]
this give with
care [I?] intreate [entreat]
[Written along the right margin, in a different hand]
5 mo [month]; 27 1679. Ann Moon [Anne Moon]
to phineas Pemberton [Phineas Pemberton]
HSP DAMS ID
15846
Language
english
Type
article
Format
application/pdf
Collection
PRINT Migration Network: Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions
Citation
Anne Moon, Bolton, Lancashire, England, to Phineas Pemberton, [Nether Newton in Carpmall], 1679-08-06, vol. 1, pg. 104b, Pemberton Family Papers, 1641-1880, 0484A, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PRINT, 15846, https://stars.library.ucf.edu/printmigrationnetwork-pemberton/86/.
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