To the president and Council of Pennsylvania. The remonstrance of the subscribers, freemen, and inhabitants of the city of Philadelphia, now confined in the Free-Mason's Lodge : Sheweth, that the subscribers have been by virtue of a warrant signed in Council ... arrested in our houses ...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
no. 15500. |
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | Most of the subscribers were Quakers who, opposing the Revolution on religious grounds, were subjected to searches and seizures for having "evidenced a disposition inimical to the cause of America." They were imprisoned first in Mason's Lodge, then later in Virginia, until April 1778. Signed: James Pemberton, [and nineteen others]. Mason's Lodge, Philadelphia, September 5th, 1777. Text in two columns. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 sheet (2 unnumbered pages) ; 42 x 26 cm. Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |