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- GLC#
- GLC04237
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- November 18, 1784
- Author/Creator
- Pemberton, James, 1723-1809
- Title
- to James Phillips
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 20.2 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
Discusses the anti-slavery activities of Quakers in the U.S. and a dispute over admission of blacks to Quaker church due to fears of intermarriage. He requests a copy of Bishop Wilson's bible be sent to him. He mentions other correspondence and the marriage of his second daughter.
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