Year
1655
Sender Place
n.p.
Receiver
James Harrison
Receiver Place
n.p.
Repository holding original letter
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Full Date
1655-01-01
Document Type
Transcription
Keywords
James Harrison, Ann Harrison, Quakers, Society of Friends, Women, Marriage, Social Network, Affection, Phineas Pemberton
Abstract
Copy of an excerpt of a letter from Ann Harrison to James Harrison. It is an affectionate love letter possibly before the couple was married or when they were just married. The letter is in Phineas Pemberton's handwriting. Note on the back identifies the recipient as the brother of the sender. However, the content of the letter and the similarity of signature likely make the sender Ann Harrison, his wife.
Transcription
[Written in Phineas Pemberton’s hand]
oh my dear and precious [strikethrough: illegible] everlasting bro: [brother] in [strikethrough: that] ^whom my^ love & [and]
life is bound up forever oh thou [you] son of sion [son of Zion] thou [you] cheifest [chiefest]
amongst 10 thousand thy [your] Countenance is comly [comely] thy [your] face
is beautifull [beautiful] yea veryily thy [yes verily your] beauty excelleth [excels] thou [you]
hast ravisht [have ravished] me yea [yes] I am over comon wth [overcome with] love yea [yes]
I have more upon me then [than] I am able to beare [bear] yea [yes]
its [it is] pure and Eternal & [and] never Changes but Endures
forever yea its [yes it is] pure and spotless without end
A: H: [Ann Harrison]
[page 2]
[written in a more modern hand, oriented toward the left margin]
Copy
Ann Harrison
1655?
to
her brother
James Harrison
[Note: This is an erroneous archivist note; James Harrison is Ann Harrison’s husband. “Brother” may have been a religious term in this context or confusion about their relationship.]
In the hand writing [handwriting]
of Phineas Pemberton
HSP DAMS ID
15717
Language
english
Citation
Ann Harrison, n.p., to James Harrison, n.p., 1655, vol. 1, pg. 2b, Pemberton Family Papers, 1641-1880, 0484A, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PRINT, 15717, https://stars.library.ucf.edu/printmigrationnetwork-pemberton/1/.