Pemberton Correspondence
Year
1686
Sender Place
Dublin, Ireland
Receiver
James Harrison
Receiver Place
[Bucks County, Pennsylvania]
Repository holding original letter
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Full Date
1686-09-20
Document Type
Correspondence
Country, State, Location 1
53.349804, -6.260310
Country, State, Location 2
40.345165, -75.126389
Keywords
Roger Longworth, Dublin, James Harrison, Bucks County, Cork, Barbados, Jamaica, Holland, Joseph Boden, Joseph Boden {Bridgetown Barbados}, Elinor Atherton, Margaret [...], Quakers, Society of Friends, Travel
Abstract
Letter dated September 20, 1686 (September 10, 1686 Old Style) from Roger Longworth to James Harrison.
HSP DAMS ID
15899
Language
english
Format
application/pdf
Collection
PRINT Migration Network: Pemberton Correspondence
Transcription
Dublin ye [the] 10 of ye [the] 7 mo [month]:1686
deare [dear] James Harrison /
my anchent [ancient] and well beloved freind [friend] and Bro: [brother] in the Covint [Covenant]
of everlasting Love, and Life I dearly salut [salute] thee [you], and cordial [cordially]
Imbrace thee [you] in the Arames [arms] of my heavenly fathers Love -
which flowes [flows] forth, at this time towards thee [you]. and thy [your] deare [dear]
wife, whom I verie [very] dearly Love in the Lord for your father
and motherly care which hath beene [has been], and is, I belive [believe] soe [so] Large
extended unto mee [me], cannot be for gotton [forgotten] whilst [while] I have a day
well deare [dear] freinds [friends] much might be said upon this account
for my heart is full, off [of] the Love of the Lord towards you-
but I knowe [know], you can Read me, in that which is eterniall [eternal],
which is over all sea and Land, god Blessed for ever [forever], who
hath [has] maide [made] us pertakers [partakers], and fellowe [fellow] feelers, one of another
behind pen or tongue, to exprass [express] glory, to his name for: ever [forever]
and now deare [dear] hearts my Love is with you, and my Life is
bound up with you, and I cannot ^forgate [forget]^ Compfortable [comfortable] times -
and seasons, of the Lords Love and marcyes [mercies], which we have In
joyed [enjoyed], , togaither [together], and yeat [yet] I am not without hopes, but we
may injoye [enjoy] one another againe [again], In the Lords apponted [appointed] time -
and season, for I have some drawings towards those parts, I
have beene [been] through this nation, and have had good servias [services] and freinds are gennerially [generally] well, and meetings Large, and full
as allso [also] in England, as I have an account Letly [lately] from London, I
intend the Lord will to goe [go] towards Corke [Cork, Ireland], about few weckes [weeks]
hence, to see for shiping [shipping] to wards [towards] Barbatos [Barbados] or gameca [Jamaica], I should
be glad to heaire [hear] from thee [you], I have writen [written] to thee [you], and P: P: [Phineas Pemberton]
since I saw you first from Barbatos [Barbados] ^2^: [second] then from England, and
gaine [gain] account, 3: [third] from Holland, :4: [fourth] from England againe [again], 5 - [fifth]
from Ireland first when I came over, and now by, deare [dear] Tho:
Winne [Thomas Wynn], and yeat [yet] have not Rcd [Receieved] a Line from thee [you], but once from
Phinehas [Phineas Pemberton], and that was yeaster day [yesterday], by way of Barbatos [Barbados], soe [so] -
I hope this will come to hand, and if thee [you] would have mee [me] to -
doe [do] any thing [anything] for thee [you], direct to Joseph Boden in Bridge Towne
Barbatos [Bridgetown, Barbados], soe [so] with my deare [dear] Love to all freinds [friends], and brethern [brethren]
in the holly [holy] seed of Life, in whom we have all Rest and peace
and are one anothers [another’s] Joye [joy] and Crowne [crown] in the Lord, and in him
alone, I dearly salut [salute] you all, and bid you feare well [farewell] /
who am thy [your] freind [friend] and Bro: [Brother]
in the fellow shipe [fellowship] of the gospell [gospel]
Roger Longworth
[postscript written directly underneath body of letter, to the left of the valediction and signature]
Eliner Atherton [Elinor Atherton] Remembers her Love to thee [you] /
and thy [your] wife verie [very] kindly, where I now
am, her husband is in England /
her sister margeritt [Margaret...] is here who Remembers
her Love to thee [you] and thy [your] wife
[page 2, along right margin]
Roger Longworth
Dublin
7 mo [month] 10, 1686
to
James Harrison
Bucks. [Bucks County, Pennsylvania]
Creator (Linked Data)
Roger Longworth (Q106658182) [Wikidata]
Citation
Roger Longworth, Dublin, Ireland, to James Harrison, [Bucks County, Pennsylvania], 1686-09-20, vol. 2, pg. 8, Pemberton Family Papers, 1641-1880, 0484A, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PRINT, 15899, https://stars.library.ucf.edu/printmigrationnetwork-pemberton/137/.
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