Pennsylvania, colonial and federal; a history, 1608-1903Editor: Howard MJenkins . to the cause of America, to be confined and treated in accord-ance with their characters and the security of their persons, par-ticularizing Joshua Fisher, Abel James, James Pemberton (whowas the assemblyman who resigned in 1756), Henry Drinker,Israel Pemberton (the old friend of Teedyuscung), John Pem-berton (who was brother of James and Israel), John James, Sam-uel Pleasants (Israel Pembertons son-in-law), Thomas WhartonSr. (not father of Thomas Jr.), Thomas Fisher, son of Joshua(and son-in-law of ^^illiam Loga
Pennsylvania, colonial and federal; a history, 1608-1903Editor: Howard MJenkins . to the cause of America, to be confined and treated in accord-ance with their characters and the security of their persons, par-ticularizing Joshua Fisher, Abel James, James Pemberton (whowas the assemblyman who resigned in 1756), Henry Drinker,Israel Pemberton (the old friend of Teedyuscung), John Pem-berton (who was brother of James and Israel), John James, Sam-uel Pleasants (Israel Pembertons son-in-law), Thomas WhartonSr. (not father of Thomas Jr.), Thomas Fisher, son of Joshua(and son-in-law of ^^illiam Logan), and Samuel Fisher, son ofJoshua. all Philadelphia Quakers, also asking that the papers ofthe Meeting for Sufferings of the Society of Friends in the severalStates be examined and any of political character be sent to Con-gress. Accordingly the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsyl-vania ordered the arrest of not only the eleven Quakers, but aboutthirty other rich or otherwise prominent persons. Two fashion-able gentlemen named Stednian were sent to the State prison, but 44. Joseph Priestley Educator; author; preacher; scientist; discover-er of oxygen, 1774, and several other valuablechemical gases and combinations; settled inNorthumberland County, 1794- Engraved es-pecially for this work from a painting in AmericanPhilosophical Society. Revolutionary Campaigns niDSt of tlinsc arreste<l. incliulinsj all the eleven except Juliii James,were ntifered the ])ri\ilege of reinaiiiinnf in their dwellings on pa-role to apjiear on demand of the Council, and to refrain from in-jurious acts in speaking, writingf, or otherwise, and from givingintelligence. A number refused and were placed in confinementat the Free Masons Lodge. Israel Pemljerton, Samuel Pleasants,;md John Hunt demanded a hearing hv the Council which wasdenied them. The twenty-two in the Lodge, learning of a resolu-tion to send them to \^irginia. signed a protest to the Council, andan address to the public, while eight
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