Pemberton Correspondence
Year
1686
Sender Place
London, England
Receiver
James Harrison
Receiver Place
Pennsbury, Pennsylvania
Repository holding original letter
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Full Date
1686-09-09
Document Type
Correspondence
Country, State, Location 1
51.507351, -0.127758
Country, State, Location 2
40.428123, -80.100609
Keywords
David Lloyd, Jane Lloyd, London, James Harrison, Pennsbury Pennsylvania, Quakers, Society of Friends, land purchasing
Abstract
Letter dated September 9, 1686 (August 30, 1686 Old Style) from David and Jane Lloyd to James Harrison.
HSP DAMS ID
15902
Language
english
Format
application/pdf
Collection
PRINT Migration Network: Pemberton Correspondence
Transcription
London Agust [August] ye [the] 30th 86 [1686]
Mr [Mister] Hariss [James Harrison]
I Reced [received] yo^u^ [your] letter: wherin [wherein] yo^u^ [you] pretend to give ancount [an account]
[strikethrough] How my Bro [brother]: Ralph [Ralph Smith] left what hee [he] had but it is soe [so]
dark that It wants An Expositor: And as for A leater [letter] of
Atturney [attorney]: I doe [do] not think it Convenient untill [until] I Receve [receive]
A true Copy of the will: therefore I desire yo^u^ [you] to be soe [so]
Just to me As to send it with all speed: And with all to
give me A more partit^u^ [particular] Acount [account] for yo^u^ [you] Can give A guess
what will Com [come] to my share: If yo^u^ [you] deale [deal] sincerely by
mee [me] I will Alow [allow] yo^u^ [you] sum [some] Considderation [consideration] for yo^u^ [your] trouble
I doe [do] very much Admire that my Bro: [brother] [Ralph Lloyd] should leave soe [so] much
to An other [another] mans wife: And noe [no] wayes [ways] Related to him
since shee [she] did not think him good Enough: to bee [be] her husband
I Am sure hee [he] had never Com [come] there but for her: but I find
shee [she] was pollitik [politic] to mary [marry] heare [here] And then to Run After
him there being A weakly man And Insinuat [insinuate] her saelf [self]
to gett [get] what belong: to his [ink blot] Relations: I Expect shee [she]
should make good her title by [ink blot] haveing [having] his true will poved [proved] Acording [according]
To the lawes [laws] of England: otherwise wee [we] canot [cannot] bee [be] sattisfied [satisfied] that
shee [she] has Any Right to it: my Bro [brother]: tould [told] us yt [that] he bought 5000 Akers [acres]
of land of his master which Cost him twenty pounds: he layd [laid] out
thirty pound more In Iven [even] work And other Conveniency for 2~
him to Examine the matter: In the meane time [meantime] I Remaine [remain]
yo^u^ [your] frend [friend] And srtt [servant]
David Lloyd
[postscript along left margin]
if shee [she] make Expedition And send us sumthing [something] Considerble [considerable]
I shall not trouble my seulf [myself] with useing [using] Any other meanes [means]: if not [Ile] [I'll] Asure [assure]
her I shall turne [turn] it over to such that will torment her sufficently [sufficiently] with law
[postscript along bottom of letter in Jane Lloyd’s hand]
I thinke [think] it Almost imposible [impossible] that my Brother
should leave so much to a stenger [stranger] wh^e^n [when] hee [he]
writ [wrote] so kind a letter to me by [Henry] Gibs
which letter I have:
these from yur [your]
frind [friend]
Jane Lloyd
direct yur [your] letter over
against ye [the] dog tavren [tavern] in druryland [Drury Lane, England]
Citation
David Lloyd and Jane Lloyd, London, England, to James Harrison, Pennsbury, Pennsylvania, 1686-09-09, vol. 2, pg. 11, Pemberton Family Papers, 1641-1880, 0484A, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PRINT, 15902, https://stars.library.ucf.edu/printmigrationnetwork-pemberton/140/.
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