Year
1702
Sender Place
Bristol, [Pennsylvania]
Receiver
Samuel Carpenter
Receiver Place
n.p.
Repository holding original letter
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Full Date
1702-04-20
Document Type
Transcription
Country, State, Location 1
40.100666, -74.851831
Keywords
Alice Hodgson Pemberton, Bristol Pennsylvania, Samuel Carpenter, Phineas Pemberton, Abigail Pemberton, Israel Pemberton, Quakers, Society of Friends, Death, Social network, Women
Abstract
Letter dated April 19, 1702 (April 9, 1702 Old Style) from Alice Pemberton to Samuel Carpenter expressing condolences for the death of what seems to be Samuel Carpenter's young child.
Transcription
Bristo [Bristol] the 9 the 2d [2nd] mo^th^ [month] 1702
deare [Dear]
Samuel [Samuel Carpenter] I can not [cannot] but sorrow with the [thee] [you]
for thy [your] deare [dear] babe the Lord is pleasd [pleased] to
take yong [young] as well asagede [as aged] my deare [dear] husband
hath [has] oftne [often] spooke [spoke] of him and said he
queschand [questioned] ^wheth^ [whether] he would live long he was so
wise he much admirde [admired] his wisdone [wisdom] he being
so yongue [young] I have beene [been] much concarned [concerned] for
thy [your] famalye [family] d [crossed out] and oftne [often] inquired after
them I shall beverudesia [be very desired] to heare [hear] how it
[is?] ples [please] the Lord to deel [deal] with deare [dear] Israel [Israel Pemberton]
ann not [a person?] is sumthing [something] beter [better] the rest is we^ll^ [well]
thy [your] lines hath [has] satisfied me I am contented
with his coming ond [and] his mans but for all
his famaly [family] and goods I did not know what
to thinke [think] of that by reson [reason] of our owne [own]
bisnes [business] and sum [some] sicke [sick] my righting [writing] to the [thee] [you]
after that maner [manner] was not for my one [own]
Intrust [Interest] I can truly saye [say] I cannot [crossed out: ex]
expect the [thee] [you] yet [crossed out] mye [my] deare [dear] love with
AAbigailes [Abigail’s] to the [thee] [you] and wife and Israel [Israel Pemberton]
Alice Pembe [Alice Hodgson Pemberton]
[page 2]
9. 2. mo [month] 1702
from
Allice Pemberton [Alice Hodgson Pemberton]
to
Samuel Carpenter
ffor [For]
Samuel Carpn^ter^ [Samuel Carpenter]
marchant [merchant]
these
HSP DAMS ID
16080
Language
english
Citation
Alice Hodgson Pemberton, Bristol, [Pennsylvania], to Samuel Carpenter, n.p., 1702-04-20, vol. 2, pg. 182, Pemberton Family Papers, 1641-1880, 0484A, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PRINT, 16080, https://stars.library.ucf.edu/printmigrationnetwork-pemberton/281/.