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Abigail Pemberton, Israel Pemberton, March 17, 1702, Abigail Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated March 17, 1702 (March 6, 1701 Old Style) from Abigail Pemberton to her brother, Israel Pemberton. She asks his help in stopping a rumor about her.

Phineas Pemberton, Alice Hodgson Pemberton, May 28, 1700, Phineas Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated May 29, 1700 (May 18, 1700 Old Style) from Phineas Pemberton to his wife, Alice Pemberton. The contents of the letter include trouble with Phineas' affairs which have lengthened his stay and business conducted with Thomas Clark.

Ralph Ridgway, Phineas Pemberton, December 31, 1696, Ralph Ridgway

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated December 31, 1696 (December 21, 1696 Old Style) from Ralph Ridgway to Phineas Pemberton.

Theodore Eccleston, James Harrison, December 19, 1686, Theodore Eccleston

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated December 19, 1686 (December 9, 1686 Old Style) from Theodore Eccleston to James Harrison. It is largely comprised of questions Eccleston has about life in Pennsylvania.

Theodore Eccleston, James Harrison, December 19, 1686, Theodore Eccleston

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated December 19, 1686 (December 9, 1686 Old Style) from Theodore Eccleston to James Harrison. It is largely comprised of questions Eccleston has about life in Pennsylvania ranging from the court system and relationships with Native Americans to how to handle cattle and other matters.

Peter Hendricks, Roger Longworth Via Thomas Atherton, August 28, 1686, Peter Hendricks

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated August 28, 1686 (August 18, 1686 Old Style) from Peter Hendricks to Roger Longworth, delivered to Thomas Atherton.

William Gibson, James Harrison, June 24, 1684, William Gibson

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated June 24, 1684 (June 14, 1684 Old Style) from William Gibson to James Harrison.

William Gibson, James Harrison, June 24, 1684, William Gibson

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated June 24, 1684 (June 14, 1684 Old Style) from William Gibson to James Harrison. Gibson relates to Harrison the persecutions and disrupted meetings in England since the Harrisons settled in Pennsylvania. He also admits, regretfully, that he would be unable to travel to the colonies because of a recent illness.

William Kenerly, James Harrison, June 16, 1683, William Kenerly

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated June 16, 1683 (June 6, 1683 Old Style) from William Kenerly to James Harrison.

Phineas Pemberton, John Haydock, May 25, 1680, Phineas Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated May 25, 1680 (May 15, 1680 Old Style) from Phineas Pemberton to John Haydock.

Ralph Pemberton, Phineas Pemberton, August 7, 1679, Ralph Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated August 7, 1679 (July 28, 1679 Old Style) from Ralph Pemberton to his son, Phineas Pemberton.

Roger Longworth, James Harrison, April 7, 1679, Roger Longworth

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated April 7, 1679 (March 28, 1678/9 Old Style) from Roger Longworth, imprisoned in Chester Castle, to James Harrison.

The Cry Of Sodom Enquired Into, Samuel Danforth

Zea E-Books in American Studies

This is a well-known execution sermon from seventeenth-century Massachusetts, delivered on the occasion of the sentencing to death of a young man convicted of bestiality—specifically of copulation with a mare, in which he was discovered in the open in broad daylight. Samuel Danforth, who wrote and delivered the sermon, would have known the condemned young man very well. Benjamin Goad had been born into Danforth’s congregation at Roxbury and had grown up under his pastoral care. Danforth was also familiar with the anguish of a parent over the death of a child, having suffered the deaths of eight of his …

Phineas Pemberton, Ralph Pemberton, August 11, 1670, Phineas Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated August 11, 1670 (August 1, 1670 Old Style) from Phineas Pemberton to his father, Ralph Pemberton. He informs his father that the sheriff has issued orders for him to go to assizes in Lancaster. Despite this, he has not set out yet because his master and mistress, away for the week, desire he stay until they return. He tells his father not to inform the other Friends also on their way to appear at assizes in Lancaster. He concludes the letter by saying he has heard that a warrant was issued for his arrest following the events related …

The Purple, October 1909

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• Night on the Beach
• The Weather
• Society Notes
• The Wilderness Charm
• He Stoops to Conquer
• Catholic Industrial and Reform Schools
• Pipes 'o Pompey
• Times is Changin'
• Autumn
• On Being a Spectator
• Gold-Brick
• Autumn-the Cheerful Giber
• Sparks from a Whetstone
• Sunrise on Greylock
• An Anglo-Egyptian Incident
• Under the Rose
• Editorial
• College Chronicle
• With Our Alumni
• Athletics
• Indian Summer