Year
1670
Sender Place
Bolton, Lancashire, England
Receiver
Roger Longworth or Anthony Shaw
Receiver Place
Manchester, England
Repository holding original letter
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Full Date
1670-08-15
Document Type
Transcription
Country, State, Location 1
53.577694, -2.428887
Country, State, Location 2
53.480759, -2.242631
Keywords
James Harrison, Bolton, Anthony Shaw, Roger Longworth, Manchester, John Grindy, Quakers, Society of Friends, business, social network, Quaker business, Shoemaker, Theft, Prison, Imprisonment
Abstract
Letter dated August 15, 1670 (August 5, 1670 Old Style) from James Harrison to Roger Longworth or Anthony Shaw, his business partners. The letter details orders and deliveries of different shoes for different customers, order specifics, and customer names.
Transcription
R: [Roger Longworth] & [and] Anthony [Anthony Shaw]
After my love to you in ye [the] truth remembred [remembered] & [and] youer [your] fell
=ow [fellow] prisoners, These are to advise thee [you] Anthony [Anthony Shaw] to keep to the preson [prison]
thou [you] being called there unto & [and] for work thou [you] shall not lak [lack] I will
provid [provide] it for thee [you], for by coming or sending once a weeke [week] I can furn
=ish [furnish] thee [you], if I be not restrained of my liberty also: & [and] thou [you] should set
up these boots in ye [the] feete [feet] after thou [you] recive [receive] to com [come] back by
John Grindy if thou [you] can, for ye [the] boy must needs have them on the
3d [third] day next, soe [so] if thou [you] gitt [get] them not don [done] to com [come] by John [John Grindy], then you
must indever [endeavor] to send them on ye [the] second day by som [some] yt [that] come to the
markett [market], the mans [men’s] shoe is for Roland Bellas, he would not have
them to [too] very bigg [big], Rodge [Roger Longworth] thou [you] knowes [knows/know] wtt [what] will fitt [fit] him, ye [the] browne [brown]
shoes is [are] for ye [the] waiteing [waiting] maid at [Smedals] such as ye [the] other was & [and] the
black ons [ones] is [are] for widdow [widow] Risfinton daughter they must be wid: [wide?] on ye [the]
7s as those browne [brown] shoes yt [that] was made for bradshaw wife of bradsh
=aw [Bradshaw], I hope thou [you] may procure a block hamer [hammer] for somtime [sometimes] I thought
to acom [have come] my selfe [myself] but I think to goe [go] to warington [Warrington] to morrow [tomorrow] if ye [the]
lord will lett [let] me heare [hear] how you doe [do], My love is to you all & [and] I heare [hear]
yt [that] youer [your] parsecuters [persecutors] should acuse [accuse] som [some] of you, for stealling [stealing] a horse for
ought they knew, write to them & [and] [ink blot: bid] them prov [prove] it, or elce [else] they
wilbe [will be] proved to be slander [slanderers] & [and] falce [false] accusers & [and] [abusit?] [abused?] tearms [terms]
elce [else] they [jane?] [chain?] you, turn it back on them againe [again] & [and] lett [let] them beare [bear]
thier [their] owne [own] shame I think I have sent all yt [that] will neede [need] for ye [the] shoes
& [and] som [some] nessaryes [necessaries] elce [else] my wife [Ann Harrison] hath [has] sent you we are all pretty well
soe [so] reste [rest] your loveing [loving] friend
Ja: Harison [James Harrison]
Boulton ye [the] 5th of
ye [the] 6th mon: [month] 70 [1670]/
[page 2]
[In James Harrison’s hand, centered.]
To Rodger Longworth [Roger Longworth]
or Anthony Shaw
these in Manchester
Deliver
[In a more modern hand, along the right margin.]
James Harrison
Boulton
6 mo [month] 5. 1670.
to
Roger Longworth
and
Anthony Shaw.
HSP DAMS ID
15751
Language
english
Type
article
Format
application/pdf
Collection
PRINT Migration Network: Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions
Receiver (Linked data)
Roger Longworth (Q106658182) [Wikidata]
Citation
James Harrison, Bolton, Lancashire, England, to Roger Longworth or Anthony Shaw, Manchester, England, 1670-08-15, vol. 1, pg. 38, Pemberton Family Papers, 1641-1880, 0484A, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PRINT, 15751, https://stars.library.ucf.edu/printmigrationnetwork-pemberton/22/.