Mason's Lodge, September 9th, 1777 ... To the inhabitants of Pennsylvania : The following is a copy of a paper we received at half past four o'clock this afternoon, and we have since received orders to prepare for our banishment tomorrow.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Supreme Executive Council
Other Authors: Pemberton, Israel, 1715-1779
Format: eBook
Language:English
Series:Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 15501.
Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 43279.
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Online Access:Evans Digital Edition
Evans Digital Edition
Description
Item Description:Includes a copy of the council's resolves of Sept. 9th, concerning persons refusing to take the oath of allegiance, and on page 2: To the president and council of Pennsylvania. The remonstrance and protest of the subscribers; signed: Israel Pemberton [and twenty-one others].
Pemberton and the others, principally Quakers, opposed the Revolution because of their religious convictions, and refused to take the oath of allegiance. For this they were imprisoned, first at Mason's Lodge, and later in Virginia, until April 1778.
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Physical Description:1 sheet (2 pages)
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Place of Publication:United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.