Pemberton Correspondence

Year

1702

Sender Place

Bristol, [Pennsylvania]

Receiver

Samuel Carpenter

Receiver Place

n.p.

Repository holding original letter

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Full Date

1702-05-06

Document Type

Correspondence

Country, State, Location 1

40.100666, -74.851831

Keywords

Alice Hodgson Pemberton, Bristol Pennsylvania, Samuel Carpenter, Edward M[...], James Howard, James Haworth, Quakers, Society of Friends, Social network

Abstract

Letter dated May 6, 1702 (April 25, 1702 Old Style) from Alice Pemberton to Samuel Carpenter. It concerns the death of a mutual acquaintance who died after experiencing a pain in his hand, dying suddenly. There is a brief note in another hand (Israel Pemberton's?) that possibly identifies the deceased as James Howard.

HSP DAMS ID

16081

Language

english

Format

application/pdf

Collection

PRINT Migration Network: Pemberton Correspondence

Transcription

Bristo [Bristol] the 25 of the 2 mo [month] 170^2^ [1702]

deare [Dear]

Frind [Friend] Samuel [Samuel Carpenter] [tear in page: his] [this] cumes [comes] to
acquainte [acquaint] th [page tear] [thee] [you] that our [crossed out]
tenante [tenant] is dead he departed
yesterday be teene [between] foure [four] and
5 [five] in the afternone [afternoon] he was
taken with [crossed out: the] a greate [great] pane [pain]
in one of his handes [hands] and it [crossed out: null]
sweld [swelled] mich [much] and [crossed out: ag] so continued
till he died we are all indefra^nt^ [indifferent]
well my deare [dear] ^love^ with Abigailes [Abigail Pemberton’s]
to the [thee] [you] and thine [yours] and Israel [Israel Pemberton]

Alice Pem [Alice Hodgson Pemberton]

[in a different hand]

Edwa. Maoss [Edward Moss?] Says it is
James Howard [James Howard] yt [that] Is dead yt [that] Lived at ye [the] old plant?

[in original hand]

the widae [widow] is left in much cum^ber^ [cumber]
2 [two] small children heare [here] is much
more for the [thee] [you] to [crossed out] doe [do] he being
takeng [taken] away so sudenly [suddenly] not
being sensable [sensible] of this conditio^n^ [condition]
not spake^ing^ [speaking] wone [one] word for
sum [some] oures [hours] before he departd [departed]

fair well [farewell]

[page 2]

To
Samuel Carpenter [Samuel Carpenter]
marchant [merchant]
dd care


[written on right side]
Allice Pemberton [Alice Hodgson Pemberton]
Bristol.
2 mo [month] 25. 1702

Creator (Linked Data)

Pemberton, Alice Hodgson [LC]

Alice Hodgson Pemberton (Q102035755) [Wikidata]

Receiver (Linked data)

Carpenter, Samuel, 1649-1714 [LC]

Samuel Carpenter (Q7411067) [Wikidata]

Sender Place (Linked data)

Bristol [GeoNames]

Bristol (Pa.) [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]

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