Pemberton Correspondence
Year
1679
Sender Place
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Receiver
James Harrison
Receiver Place
n.p.
Repository holding original letter
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Full Date
1679-11-03
Document Type
Correspondence
Country, State, Location 1
51.922909, 4.470590
Keywords
Roger Longworth, Rotterdam, James Harrison, Emden, Friesland, Amsterdam, England, Palatinate, South Germany, Germany, Low Countries, Netherlands, England, Roger Longworth {Palatinate}, Roger Longworth {Friesland}, Roger Longworth {Amsterdam}, Roger Longworth {Netherlands}, Roger Longworth {England}, Society of Friends, Quakers, Social network, Travel, Persecution, Imprisonment
Abstract
Letter dated November 3, 1679 (October 24, 1679 Old Style) from Roger Longworth to James Harrison.
HSP DAMS ID
15867
Language
english
Format
application/pdf
Collection
PRINT Migration Network: Pemberton Correspondence
Transcription
Ja: Ha: [James Harrison] /
Rotterdam ye [the] 24 of ye [the] 8 mo^th^[month]: 1679
deare [dear] freind [friend] and Brather [Brother] in the blessed truth of our god
which is maid [made] maniefest [manifest] in our hearts it offten [often] flowes [flows] forth
to wards [towards] one another, as at this time, and to that end that we
may be gaithered [gathered] into it, more and more, and that our habittacion [habitation]
may be In Larged [enlarged] to the gloary [glory] amd Renowne [renown] of the Lord, and in
his blessed truth, which hee [he] hath [has] maniefest [manifest] amongest [amongst] us in
this the day of his great Love, in which hee [he] is houldnig [holding] it forth
unto the nationes [nations], and great is the worke [work] of this day, amongest [amongst]
the sons of men, the Lord is making way for his servants to
sound his blessed day which hee [he] will spread ^over^ naciones [nations] kinder
Tongues and people, in his aponted [appointed] time and season, to hime [him]
alone by the gloary [glory] for ever more, deare [dear] Brother my heart
is full of that priar [prior] devine [divine] Love of god, it springs as an
over flowing [overflowing] founton [fountain] of Life, which sea or land cannot sep
perate [separate] by these thou [you] may understand I am verie [very] well ever
way [every way], blessed bee [be] the god of my Life, whose Arme [arm] and power
is my stranght [strength] and all theires [theirs] that puts theire [their] trust in him
I have had a Longe [long] Jor^n^nay [journey] in these eastren [eastern] couneries [countries] and good
searvies [services] in manie [many] pleaces [places] wheire [where] freinds [Friends] had never beene [been]
before, and noe [no] oppossion [opposition]in my Jornnay [journey] unto this day-
but only at Amden [Emden, Germany] amongest [amongst] those soddom mittes [sodomites] that would
not have Righteous Lote [Light] to have a beining [beginning] upon the earth, it-
was upon from the Lord god of heaven and earth to goe [go] to that
pleace [place], and to [strikethrough] them all, mag^ts^ [magistrates] prist [priest] and people
who had a hand in percequison [persecution], and brought Innosent [innocent]
Bloode [blood] upon theire [their] hands wo wo [woe, woe] from the Lord god of
heaven and earth if you doe [do] not spidely [speedily] Repent and
cease from percquison [persecution], and this a Longe [along] the streets, and
the dreede [dread] and power of the Lord, seased [seized] upon manie [many]
for the cittie [city] was In an uprorar [uproar], and moderat [moderate] people
would have had mee [me] Into there [their] houses, from amongest [amongst] the
Ruide Reable [rude rabble], and when I came neare [near] the cittie [city] house the
offesicers [officers] meet mee [me] and gentely [gently] take hould [hold] of mee [me], and
Torned [tore] the people off, and put mee [me] into prison, and
one [on] the next morning brought mee [me] before the mag^ts^ [magistrates] whec [which]
I had a time to cleare [clear] my selfe [myself], and then sent backe [back]
to prison againe [again], and [piece missing] Lords power was over all their
heads and the [they] weire [were] Licke [like] booyes [boys], and one [on] the next day
sent mee [me] away according as I did desire, for I was-
then cleare [clear] , it may be thou [you] may have had an account: be
fore [before], soe [so] since I have beene [been] in the pelletinia [Palatinate, Germany] in the south
of Germania [Germany] and since in freese Land [Friesland, Netherlands], and had meetings
in freish [fresh] pleaces [places], I have some thoughts to goe [go] to Amster
dam [Amsterdam], and stay in these Lowe Countries [Low Countries] a Little time
and if the Lord make way, then for England, soe [so] I have
given thee [you] a shoart [short] account of things tille [until] a forther [further]
opertunity [opportunity], soe [so] with my kind Love to thy [your] deare [dear] wife sonne [son]
and daughter and the rest of the famalie [family], and all deare [dear]
[letter continues in the left margin]
freinds [friends] my Love In the Lord is to them all, and the god of my Life, keepe [keep] you all and prosarve [preserve]
you all, to the gloary [glory] of his great name, who is over all, and above all, blessed for ever [ripped corner]
thy [your] freind [friend] and bro: [brother] according to measuer [measure]:
Roger Longworth I desire a Line or two fro [from] [page ripped]
Creator (Linked Data)
Roger Longworth (Q106658182) [Wikidata]
Citation
Roger Longworth, Rotterdam, Netherlands, to James Harrison, n.p., 1679-11-03, vol. 1, pg. 119, Pemberton Family Papers, 1641-1880, 0484A, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PRINT, 15867, https://stars.library.ucf.edu/printmigrationnetwork-pemberton/106/.
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