Pemberton, James, 1723-1809

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Collection of Bringhurst Family Correspondence

 Collection

Identifier: SFHL-MSS-046

Overview Contains the collected correspondence of the Bringhurst family, largely compiled by C. Marshall Taylor. It includes correspondence, 1780-1806, of Philadelphia Quaker businessman James Bringhurst and his letters received from John Murray of New York City. Bringhurst corresponded with family and prominent friends including John Dickinson, Job Scott, Nathan Hunt, James Pemberton, Jesse Kersey, Lindley Murray and Moses Brown. Of particular interest are descriptions of life in Philadelphia and...

Dates: Majority of material found within 1780 - 1811; 1780 - 1941

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Richard T. Cadbury collection

 Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-954

Overview

Letters of English and American Friends written at the end of the 18th century on topics relating to travel in the ministry in England and the northeastern United States, Friends, and health. Almost all the letters are directed to Quaker minister, James Thornton.

Dates: 1780 - 1878

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Pemberton Manuscripts

 Collection

Identifier: SFHL-MSS-039

Overview The collection contains primarily family correspondence of the three Pemberton brothers -- Israel, James, and John, prominent members of the Society of Friends in Philadelphia who were exiled to Virginia during the Revolutionary War for their pacifism. It also includes a small number of correspondence from Edward Stabler and Alexander White, an account on the life of James Pemberton, and the will of his wife, Phebe Lewis Pemberton. Topics include the Pembertons' exile to Winchester, Va.,...

Dates: 1756-1812

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Yearly Meeting Epistles and Extracts

 Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-971

Overview

Contemporary copies of epistles and extracts of Yearly Meeting minutes, of Meeting for Sufferings, and of Women Friends, of London, Dublin, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Virginia, Rhode Island from 1698-1944.

Dates: 1668 - 1944

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

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Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 2

Quaker women 2

Quakers -- Pennsylvania 2

Quakers -- Social life and customs 2

African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1

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Church and social problems -- Society of Friends 1

Church work with African Americans 1

Epistles 1

Family -- Religious life -- Society of Friends 1

Health 1

Indians, treatment of 1

Pennsylvania -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Conscientious objectors 1

Philadelphia (Pa.) 1

Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Conscientious objectors 1

Poor -- Services for 1

Prison reformers 1

Quaker conscientious objectors -- Pennsylvania 1

Quakers -- Charities -- History -- Sources 1

Quakers -- England 1

Quakers -- Family relationships 1

Quakers -- Ireland 1

Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York 1

Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 18th century 1

Quakers -- Relations with African Americans 1

Quakers -- Social service 1

Quakers -- Virginia 1

Society of Friends -- Antislavery movement 1

Society of Friends -- England 1

Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 1

Society of Friends -- United States 1

Society of Friends -- Virginia -- History -- Sources 1

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Concientious objectors 1

Virginia -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 1

Yellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1

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