Pemberton Correspondence
Year
1678
Sender Place
n.p.
Receiver
Phineas Pemberton
Receiver Place
n.p.
Repository holding original letter
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Full Date
1678-07-28
Document Type
Correspondence
Keywords
Ralph Pemberton, Phineas Pemberton, Richard Mather, Quakers, Society of Friends
Abstract
Letter dated July 28, 1678 (July 18, 1678 Old Style) from Ralph Pemberton to Phineas Pemberton.
HSP DAMS ID
15817
Language
english
Format
application/pdf
Collection
PRINT Migration Network: Pemberton Correspondence
Transcription
Phinehas [Phineas Pemberton] I have Sent befor [before] there by [Ric Ma] [Richard Mather] [illegible—page tear] [yt?] [that] which
I [owne] [owe] unto [Joshiah Dickeson] [Josiah Dickenson?] for 20 lod [load?] of [coll...?] [partially illegible—page hole] the man I
[knuwe?] [knew/know] not besure [be sure] thou [you] [knuwe?] [know/knew] [his?] [partially illegible—page hole] [nam?] [name] hee [he] lives neare [near] [John
Mussou?] [John Musso?] hee [he] alwaies [always] Sends me word Still to keepe [keep] it for hee [he] neds [needs]
it not & [and] desire to be Shut with it I bid lod [load?] this [illegible—strikethrough] daye [day] call
on thee [you] for for [hee] [he] said [hee? [he]] would bee [be] fore [four] daye [days] [there?] no more
but my love to you all I am in such [ordeir? [order]] as I was not this 20 [20th day?]
& [and] therefore not fitt [fit] to go to Aspull It is lyke [like] I maye [may] [com? [come]] 7
[daye? [day]] in the after nooon [afternoon] & [and] so no no more at present
[if/per? [fancy P—‘er’ assumed]] oaur [our] tobacco [tobacco] & [and] best cut not much & [and] row tobaco [roll tobacco] & [and] […ypth?] [P…s?]
are many of thene [then] [you/goe [go]?] alredy [already] [sends?] [sent] […] no worse
the 18 daye 5 mo 78 [the 18th day 5th month 1678]
[page 2]
[Written in a more modern hand on the right side, oriented to the right margin.]
Ralph Pemberton
5 mo 18 1678. [5th month 18th day 1678]
to
Phineas Pemberton.
Citation
Ralph Pemberton, n.p., to Phineas Pemberton, n.p., 1678-07-28, vol. 1, pg. 83a, Pemberton Family Papers, 1641-1880, 0484A, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PRINT, 15817, https://stars.library.ucf.edu/printmigrationnetwork-pemberton/64/.