Pemberton Correspondence

Sender

Anthony Banks

Year

1696

Sender Place

Maryland

Receiver

Phineas Pemberton

Receiver Place

Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Repository holding original letter

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Full Date

1696-06-13

Document Type

Correspondence

Country, State, Location 2

40.176667, -74.827778

Keywords

Anthony Banks, Maryland, Phineas Pemberton, Falls Township, Bucks County, John Askew, [Arthur] Cooke, Samuel Carpenter, Widow [...] Talbotts, Widow [...] Talbotts {Anne Arundel Maryland}, Anne Arundel County Maryland, Quakers, Society of Friends, Social network

Abstract

Letter dated June 13, 1696 (June 3, 1696 Old Style) from Anthony Banks to his cousin, Phineas Pemberton. It is followed by a note written by Phineas at the bottom.

HSP DAMS ID

16023

Language

english

Format

application/pdf

Collection

PRINT Migration Network: Pemberton Correspondence

Transcription

June the 3d [day] 1696 [June 3, 1696]

Cuzen [Cousin] Pemberton [Phineas Pemberton]

This Comes wth [with] kind Love & [and] hearty Respects to you
both, hopeing [hoping] these Lines may find you in Good
health as we are att [at] ^this^ prsnt [present] writeing [writing], these are ^also^ to Acq
uaint [acquaint] you that your Cuz: [cousin] has since she Came from
Your Country lost her husband & [and] Child & [and] [ink blot] was
Left m [me] much trouble, Otherwise would have seene [seen]
you before now, my wife has a great Desire to see you
wee [we] Intend if God permitt [permit] to Come to your Country
as soone [soon] as Opertunity [opportunity] psents [presents], wee [wee] are very Sorry for your Loss, Soe [so] haveing [having] this Opertunity [opportunity]
was willing to lett [let] you here [hear] from uss [us], hoping you
will be please [pleased] to Lett [let] us here [hear] from you per the first
Conveniant [convenient] Opertunity [opportunity], my wife Remembers
her Kind Love to Arthur Cooke & [and] his wife & [and] Sam
Carpenter [Samuel Carpenter] & [and] his wife this wth [with] [strikethrough] mine & [and] wifes [wife’s]
Kind Love to you both I remaine [remain] your ffd [friend] and
Cuzen [cousin], Anthony Banks

If you have an Opertunity [opportunity]
to send a letter pray direct it
to me att [at] the Widdow [widow] Talbotts [Talbott’s]
In Anarundell [Anne Arundel] County: Maryland

[Phineas Pemberton’s Response; bottom right of the page]

[Strikethrough] the 2 5/mo. [2nd day of the 5 month]

Anywere [Anywhere] the same day p [per] John
Askew to merry land [Maryland] wch [which] letter
was delivered at the wid. [widow] Talbotts [Talbott’s]
as by a letter from Jon Askew [John Askew]
upon the 6 mo [6 month] by & there comes a man here Calls
him self [himself] Anthony Banks & [and] prayed here that night & [and] on the 9th day being the first day of the weeke [week] & [and] that night
untill [until] the 10th day being second
day in the morning most of the family being out
about busines [business] he went his way asking afore [after] he
went where I was & [and] said he wold [would] go to me he
took with him a work cloth of mine my wife lent
him what elts [else] at present we know not & [and] have
made enquiry [inquiry] in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] But cannot
heare [hear] of him

[page 2]

[left hand corner in archivist’s hand]

Anthony Banks
Maryland
June 3, 1696
to
Phineas Pemberton
Bucks [Bucks County, Pennsylvania]

[right hand corner]

To Phineas Pemberton
In Bucks County att [at]
the ffalls [Falls] of Dillaway
In Penselvania [Pennsylvania]
These Pesents [Presents]

Receiver (Linked data)

Pemberton, Phineas, 1650-1702 [LC]

Phineas Pemberton (Q94253673) [Wikidata]

Sender Place (Linked data)

Maryland [GeoNames]

Maryland [LC]

Receiver Place (Linked data)

Township of Falls [GeoNames]

Falls (Bucks County, Pa. : Township) [LC]

Organization (Linked data)

Society of Free Quakers [LC]

Quakers (Q170208) [Wikidata]

Society of Friends [LC]

Family (Linked data)

Pemberton family [LC]

Pemberton Family (Q113325696) [Wikidata]

Accessibility Status

Content is accompanied by transcription for accessibility.


Share

COinS
 
 

To view the content in your browser, please download Adobe Reader or, alternately,
you may Download the file to your hard drive.

NOTE: The latest versions of Adobe Reader do not support viewing PDF files within Firefox on Mac OS and if you are using a modern (Intel) Mac, there is no official plugin for viewing PDF files within the browser window.