Pemberton Correspondence
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]
Citation
Anthony Banks, Maryland, to Phineas Pemberton, Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1696-06-13, vol. 2, pg. 125, Pemberton Family Papers, 1641-1880, 0484A, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PRINT, 16023, https://stars.library.ucf.edu/printmigrationnetwork-pemberton/233/.
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