Year
1677
Sender Place
London, England
Receiver
Ann Harrison
Receiver Place
Bolton, Lancashire, England
Repository holding original letter
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Full Date
1677-06-19
Document Type
Transcription
Country, State, Location 1
51.507351, -0.127758
Country, State, Location 2
53.577694, -2.428887
Keywords
James Harrison, London, Ann Harrison, Bolton, Margery Longworth, John Hoult, James Hoult, Thomas Janney, Quakers, Society of Friends, Social network, Business, Economic network, Goods, Trade
Abstract
Letter dated June 19, 1677 (June 9, 1677 Old Style) from James Harrison to his wife, Ann Harrison, primarily concerning business matters. These matters include a sum lent to James Hoult, brother of John Hoult.
Transcription
London 9: 4mo: [month] 77 [1677]
A: H: [Ann Harrison]
deare [dear] wife speak to Margery Longworth & [and] see if shee [she] will lett [let]
those pillows 20 yeards [yards] ^com [come]^ Long, as I bad [bade] her yt [that] is 2 packs of woll [wool] & [and] a
halfe [half] & [and] ten pounds of money for 50 ends & [and] she shall have that
which is right good, if shee [she] will not send them, as she Pfered [preferred – fancy P]
yt [that] is for 2 packs of woll [wool] ye [the] rest out in money ye [the] pack of goods is
com [come] but they were sent to holt [John Hoult] as they said, & [and] sence [since] I have not
Lookt [looked] after them, if John Hoult be at towne [town] tell him yt [that] his
brother James [James Hoult] have [has] taken up ten shillings more, then the 15s [shillings]
pd [paid] by my order soe [so] if hee [he] or his father will give it thee [to you] I shall
pay it here, it was Lent [to] him because of his weaknes [weakness] I have not
seene [seen] him he told the friend hee [he] wrought [wrote/worked?] in Southwark if the
barmilians [a kind of fustian goods] of J: Laythwits [James Laithwaite?] be comit [committed/come], send them with the [obscured by wax seal: pil…] [pillows?]
& [and] I shall see after them according to thy [your] advice, T: Janney [Thomas Janney] is this
day gon [gone] out of towne [town] Jer: Owen [Jeremiah Owen?] & [and] others I am indefrent [indifferent] well, all
things relating to truth is very well a most powerfull [powerful] meeting & [and] meet
=ings [meetings] we ^have^ had my deare [dear] Love in ye [the] Lord is to thee [you] P: P: [Phineas Pemberton] & [and] the rest of my
famaly [family] & [and] friends, Ben: W [Benjamin Whitehead] & [and] wife [wife’s] Love is to thee [you] & [and] you all soe [so] is Rodgers [Roger Longworth]
soe [so] in great hast [haste] reste [rest] thy Loveing [your loving] Husband
Ja: Harison [James Harrison]
[page 2]
[upside down]
To
James Harison [James Harrison]
dd [delivery symbol] in Boulton [Bolton]
Lancashire
[written in a more modern hand, along the top margin]
James Harrison
London
4mo [month] 9. 1677.
to
Anne Harrison [Ann Harrison]
Boulton [Bolton]
HSP DAMS ID
15779
Language
english
Type
article
Format
application/pdf
Collection
PRINT Migration Network: Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions
Citation
James Harrison, London, England, to Ann Harrison, Bolton, Lancashire, England, 1677-06-19, vol. 1, pg. 64a, Pemberton Family Papers, 1641-1880, 0484A, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PRINT, 15779, https://stars.library.ucf.edu/printmigrationnetwork-pemberton/44/.
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