Pemberton Correspondence
Year
[1695]
Sender Place
Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Receiver
Phineas Pemberton
Receiver Place
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Repository holding original letter
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Full Date
1695-05-04
Document Type
Correspondence
Country, State, Location 1
40.176667, -74.827778
Country, State, Location 2
39.952583, -75.165222
Keywords
Phebe Pemberton, Falls Township, Bucks County, Phineas Pemberton, Philadelphia, Burlington, Joseph Mather, Elinor Haydock, Robert Haydock, Roger Haydock, M Bourne, [Samuel] Bourne, S Bourne , Quakers, Society of Friends, Social network
Abstract
Letter dated May 4, 1695 (April 24, 1695 Old Style) from Phebe Pemberton to her husband, Phineas Pemberton.
HSP DAMS ID
16005
Language
english
Format
application/pdf
Collection
PRINT Migration Network: Pemberton Correspondence
Transcription
falls [Falls Township] the 24 [24th] day of the 2 [2nd] mo [month]
my Dear
I much desire to see thee [you] mee [me] thinkes [thinks] [I think] I am as a widdow [widow] be
fore [before] my time the thoughts of us being parted thus
is not plesant [pleasant] not knowing how soon the Lord myy may
parte [part] us; I desire thee [you] donot [do not] so intangle [entangle] thy [your] self [yourself] [strikethrough: illegible] for
no gane [gain] for I Had rather have thy [your] company then [than] a
grate [great] d^e^ale [deal] of outward Riches thou [you] art[ are] nou [now] more in bondag^e^ [bondage]
to busness [business] then [than] ever & [and] I have more then [than] ordenery [ordinary] Care
if I be not all way [always] att [at] home somthing [something] happens amis [amiss]
Last 5 day I went over with frends [friends] to the meeting thin^[k?]^
=king [thinking] to have them over agane [again] with mee [me] on 6 day but [seven/severe]
of Burlington ware [were] not willing soe [so] I staied [stayed] with them
untill [until] furst [first] day was over & [and] had Hopes to sene [seen] [see] thee [you],
but seath [Seth] Hill [Seth Hill] tould [told] mee [me] that he saw thee [you] & [and] that thou [you]
was well but very Busey [busy] I desire thee [you] make hast [haste] home
for wee [we] all want to see thee [you] & [and] friends aske [ask] often for thee [you]
& [and] strang [strange] att [at] thy [your] long stay, wee [we] are all prity [pretty] well & [and] so is myne [mine]
who Rests in hopes shortly to see thee [you]/ J: Mather [Joseph Mather] the bearer
here of [hereof/here] hath [has] a runlet [rundlet] [small barrel] of myne [mine] I would have thee [you] fill it
with malasses [molasses], Last 7 day Vilat [Violet] was Drouned [drowned] in a swamp
all things elce [else] are well I want a pare [pair] of somer [summer] shooues [shoes]
ben hath [has] ploued [plowed] som [some] but
wether [weather] is un serten [uncertain] but
when fare [fair] is dilegent [diligent] no more but Remane [remain] thy [your]
Endered [endeared] loving wife p: pemberton [Phebe Pemberton]
thou [you] might do well to Rite [write]
a fue [few] Lines to R [Roger Haydock] & [and] E: Haddock [Elinor Haydock]
upon m: & s: Bouens [Mary Bowne] [Samuel Bowne’s] account
if thou [you] doth [do] Remember my very
dear Love to them & [and] to there [their] brothers
and sisters & [and] frends [friends] in England
my Love to frends [friends] in philadelfe [Philadelphia]
Rest thyne [yours] p:p: [Phebe Pemberton]
[along the side]
bring mee [me] 2^[...]^ of good [page torn]
From Phebe Pemberton
to Phineas Pemberton
ffor [For]
Phinehas Pemberton [Phineas Pemberton]
These
som [some] nales [nails] to mend
pales [stakes]
Creator (Linked Data)
Phoebe (Phebe) Pemberton (Q102035716) [Wikidata]
Citation
Phebe Pemberton, Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to Phineas Pemberton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1695-05-04, vol. 2, pg. 107, Pemberton Family Papers, 1641-1880, 0484A, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PRINT, 16005, https://stars.library.ucf.edu/printmigrationnetwork-pemberton/216/.