Year
1702
Sender Place
Bristol, [Pennsylvania]
Receiver
Samuel Carpenter
Receiver Place
n.p.
Repository holding original letter
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Full Date
1702-05-06
Document Type
Transcription
Country, State, Location 1
40.100666, -74.851831
Keywords
Alice Hodgson Pemberton, Bristol Pennsylvania, Samuel Carpenter, Edward M[...], James Howard, James Haworth, Quakers, Society of Friends, Illness, Sickness, Death, Social network, Women
Abstract
Letter dated May 6, 1702 (April 25, 1702 Old Style) from Alice Pemberton to Samuel Carpenter. It concerns the death of a mutual acquaintance who died after experiencing a pain in his hand, dying suddenly. The letter also discusses the man's widow. There is a brief note in another hand (Israel Pemberton's?) that possibly identifies the deceased as James Howard.
Transcription
Bristo [Bristol] the 25 of the 2 mo [month] 170^2^ [1702]
deare [Dear]
Frind [Friend] Samuel [Samuel Carpenter] [tear in page: his] [this] cumes [comes] to
acquainte [acquaint] th [page tear] [thee] [you] that our [crossed out]
tenante [tenant] is dead he departed
yesterday be teene [between] foure [four] and
5 [five] in the afternone [afternoon] he was
taken with [crossed out: the] a greate [great] pane [pain]
in one of his handes [hands] and it [crossed out: null]
sweld [swelled] mich [much] and [crossed out: ag] so continued
till he died we are all indefra^nt^ [indifferent]
well my deare [dear] ^love^ with Abigailes [Abigail Pemberton’s]
to the [thee] [you] and thine [yours] and Israel [Israel Pemberton]
Alice Pem [Alice Hodgson Pemberton]
[in a different hand]
Edwa. Maoss [Edward Moss?] Says it is
James Howard [James Howard] yt [that] Is dead yt [that] Lived at ye [the] old plant?
[in original hand]
the widae [widow] is left in much cum^ber^ [cumber]
2 [two] small children heare [here] is much
more for the [thee] [you] to [crossed out] doe [do] he being
takeng [taken] away so sudenly [suddenly] not
being sensable [sensible] of this conditio^n^ [condition]
not spake^ing^ [speaking] wone [one] word for
sum [some] oures [hours] before he departd [departed]
fair well [farewell]
[page 2]
To
Samuel Carpenter [Samuel Carpenter]
marchant [merchant]
dd care
[written on right side]
Allice Pemberton [Alice Hodgson Pemberton]
Bristol.
2 mo [month] 25. 1702
HSP DAMS ID
16081
Language
english
Citation
Alice Hodgson Pemberton, Bristol, [Pennsylvania], to Samuel Carpenter, n.p., 1702-05-06, vol. 2, pg. 183, Pemberton Family Papers, 1641-1880, 0484A, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PRINT, 16081, https://stars.library.ucf.edu/printmigrationnetwork-pemberton/282/.