The following remonstrance, was this day presented to the president and Council, by the hands of their secretary. To the president and council of Pennsylvania. The Remonstrance of Israel Pemberton, John Hunt, and Samuel Pleasants.
4 September 1777
Pemberton, Israel, fl. 1777
Pemberton, Hunt, and Pleasants were Quakers protesting their seizure and pending exile to Virginia because of suspected Loyalist sympathy. Printed by Robert Bell as the British army approached Philadelphia. Reference material: Evans 15498.
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