Year
1702
Sender Place
n.p.
Receiver
Israel Pemberton
Receiver Place
n.p.
Repository holding original letter
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Full Date
1702-05-10
Document Type
Transcription
Keywords
Abigail Pemberton, Israel Pemberton, James Haworth, James Howard, Mary Williams, Quakers, Society of Friends, Social network
Abstract
Letter dated May 10, 1702 (April 29, 1702 Old Style) from Abigail Pemberton to her brother, Israel Pemberton. It concerns a recent bout of dysentery and Abigail's recent poor health. She also reports the death of James Howard.
Transcription
[illegible: wax seal] 29 [page tear] ye [the] 2 mo [month] / 1702
Dear Brother
I have receved [received] thine [yours] which gives me cauese [cause] to bless the Lord
in that ^hee^ [he] hath [has] been pleased to favour [favor] the [thee] [you] with the deliverance
from that melignant [malignant] distemper and in some mesure [measure] given thee [you]
thy [your] helth [health] again wee [we] are all prity [pretty] well onely [only] I have been [illegible: strikethrough]
troubled very much with the toothach [toothache] wh and pore [poor] prisla [Priscilla Pemberton] hath [has]
got a sore cough and there is no doubt but thou [you] has hard [heared] tha [that] [page torn]
James Heworth [James Hayworth] is dead. very sudenly [suddenly] he was indifera [indifferent?] [page torn]
well on 5 day and [in a] [ink blot] day was dead
dear Brother I must conclude with all our Loves to thee [you]
the rest of your family I conclude thy [your] afectionat [affectionate] sister
Abigail Pemberton
I must desire the [thee] [you] to inquire
when a new ingland [New England] vesil [vessel] comes
in for holland [Holland] [cortis?] [master?] [and?]
to get mee [me] about [20?] [page tear] pound of [flax?]
for I under [page tear] that he [he] br [page tear]
about 2000 [...] [ht?] and thou [you] [page tear]
get it for a bout [about] 8 pence a pou [pound] [page tear]
and desire mary williams [Mary Williams] to chuse [choose]
it for me mee [me] I must desire thy [your] master
pay for it be sure do not fail mee [me] and
go to [wili...ins] for my shews [shoes?] for
I want them
Abigail Pemberton
2 mo [month] 29. 1702 ?
from my Sister
HSP DAMS ID
16082
Language
english
Type
article
Format
application/pdf
Collection
PRINT Migration Network: Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions
Creator (Linked Data)
Jenkins, Abigail Pemberton, 1679-1750 [LC]
Abigail Pemberton Jenkins (Q102035806) [Wikidata]
Citation
Abigail Pemberton, n.p., to Israel Pemberton, n.p., 1702-05-10, vol. 2, pg. 184, Pemberton Family Papers, 1641-1880, 0484A, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PRINT, 16082, https://stars.library.ucf.edu/printmigrationnetwork-pemberton/283/.
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