Year

1700

Sender Place

[New Castle, Pennsylvania]

Receiver

Alice Hodgson Pemberton via Joseph Kirkbride

Receiver Place

[Bucks County, Pennsylvania]

Repository holding original letter

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Full Date

1700-11-18

Document Type

Transcription

Country, State, Location 1

41.003601, -80.344421

Country, State, Location 2

40.345165, -75.126389

Keywords

Phineas Pemberton, Alice Pemberton, Abigail Pemberton, Priscilla Pemberton, Joseph Kirkbride, Pennsbury Manor, Society of Friends, Quakers, Social network

Abstract

Letter dated November 18, 1700 (November 8, 1700 Old Style) from Phineas Pemberton to his wife, Alice Hodgson Pemberton.

Transcription

the 8th day 9 mo [month] 1700


my deare [dear]
in that Endeared [endeared] relation of Love & [and] kindnes [kindness]
that hath [has] brought us together & [and] united us in that
onenes [oneness] that makes us one where Love freely
flows [are] thou [you] very neare [near] & [and] deare [dear] unto me
I am still well tho [though] the place sickly & [and] hope to be
with thee [you] the Latter one of [page damage: those?] next week
& [and] sooner I do not expect it may be Longr [Longer]
but I hope not my absence now so Long from
thee [you] makes me Long to see thee [you] & [and] be with thee [you]
this is the fourth Letter I have sent thee [you] but
whether thou [you] has rech [reached] them or no I know not
but I have not had one line from thee [you] but
hope all is well my kind love to Ab [Abigail Pemberton] & [and] pris [Priscilla Pemberton]
let Ab: [Abigail Pemberton] know I tooke [took] it unkindly from her
shee [she] did not write to me by the Indian that
Came down from pensberry [Pennsbury Manor, Pennsylvania] hither [here] to let me
know how you were at home I do not now
expectto heare [hear] from thee [you] untill [until] I see thee [you]
I am in hast [haste] but remaine [remain] thyn [thine][yours] as above
PP [Phineas Pemberton]


[page 2]
ffor [For]
Phineas Pemberton
By Joseph Kirkbride
These


[in a more modern hand, oriented to the bottom of the page]
Phineas Pemberton
New castle [New Castle, Pennsylvania]
9mo [month] 8. 1700
to
Alice Pemberton
Bucks [Bucks County, Pennsylvania]

HSP DAMS ID

16181

Language

english

Type

article

Format

application/pdf

Collection

PRINT Migration Network: Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Creator (Linked Data)

Pemberton, Phineas, 1650-1702 [LC]

Phineas Pemberton (Q94253673) [Wikidata]

Receiver (Linked data)

Pemberton, Alice Hodgson [LC]

Alice Hodgson Pemberton (Q102035755) [Wikidata]

Sender Place (Linked data)

New Castle [GeoNames]

New Castle (Pa.) [LC]

Receiver Place (Linked data)

Bucks County [GeoNames]

Bucks County (Pa.) [LC]

Organization (Linked data)

Society of Free Quakers [LC]

Quakers (Q170208) [Wikidata]

Society of Friends [LC]

Family (Linked data)

Pemberton family [LC]

Pemberton Family (Q113325696) [Wikidata]

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