Pemberton Correspondence

Year

1697

Sender Place

[Philadelphia], Pennsylvania

Receiver

Phineas Pemberton

Receiver Place

Falls Township, Pennsylvania

Repository holding original letter

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Full Date

1697-12-16

Document Type

Correspondence

Country, State, Location 1

39.951061, -75.165619

Country, State, Location 2

40.164956, -74.776507

Keywords

Abigail Pemberton, Philadelphia, Phineas Pemberton, Israel Pemberton, Quakers, Society of Friends, Social network

Abstract

Letter dated December 16, 1697 (December 6, 1697 Old Style) from Abigail Pemberton to her father, Phineas Pemberton.

HSP DAMS ID

16172

Language

english

Format

application/pdf

Collection

PRINT Migration Network: Pemberton Correspondence

Transcription

Honered [Honored] father having this oppertunity [opportunity] of sending thee [you] A few lines
by wilian biles [William Biles] I was wiling [willing] to let thee [you] understand that the lord hath [has]
been pleased to visit us with A sore paine [pain] in ouer [our] side and brest [breast]
Israesl [Israel Pemberton] night [nigh] unto death but I was not so v^i^lant [violent] as Israel and in that
conditison [condition] I was forst [forced] to wach [watch] with Israel wone [one] night Robert
Hoskings [Robert Hoskins] said that hit [it] was A plurisi [pleurisy] and he gave him A swet [sweat]
which gave him present ease but weri [very] wake [weak] I tooke [took] somthing [something] from
RP [Rachel Preston?] which was weri [very] benifisiasl [beneficial] but prased [praised] bee [be] the Lord [scratched out: ink smear] wee [we] are prit [end of page: pretty]
well over it I thought the time long that I have not hard [heard] from
the [thee] [you] in heast [haste] I must conclude thy [your] [page tear: dutifull] [dutiful] doughter [daughter]

Abigail Pemberton 

Rd [received] 6th 10 mo [month] 1697


[Page 2]

ffor [For]
these Phinihas Pember [Phineas Pemberton]
living at the fals [Falls]
dd

[Across] 
Abigail Pemberton 
Philadelphia 
10 mo. [month] 6. 1697

Receiver (Linked data)

Pemberton, Phineas, 1650-1702 [LC]

Phineas Pemberton (Q94253673) [Wikidata]

Sender Place (Linked data)

Philadelphia [GeoNames]

Philadelphia (Pa.) [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]

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