Pemberton, James, 1723-1809
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Collection of Bringhurst Family Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-046
Abstract
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
Pemberton Manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-MSS-039
Abstract
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
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- African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Church and social problems -- Society of Friends 1
- Church work with African Americans 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
- Quaker women 1
- Quakers -- Charities -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- Family relationships 1
- Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York 1
- Quakers -- Social service 1
- Quakers -- Virginia 1
- Society of Friends -- United States 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Concientious objectors 1
- Virginia -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 1
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