An address to the inhabitants of Pennsylvania : by those freemen , of the city of Philadelphia, who are now confined in the Mason's lodge, by virtue of a general warrant

An address to the inhabitants of Pennsylvania : by those freemen , of the city of Philadelphia, who are now confined in the Mason's lodge, by virtue of a general warrant

Philadelphia Printed by Robert Bell 1777

[4], 52 p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)

974.803 A222, 1777

(OCoLC)03426667

Signatures: [A] B-H.
Signed by Israel Pemberton and 21 others; also includes copies of orders of the Supreme Executive Council, remonstrances addressed to the Council and other papers.
Pemberton and others had been arrested and secured in the Masons' lodge for several days before being exiled to Virginia, where they remained from September 1777 to April 1778.
Portion of t.p. cropped at upper margin, not affecting text.
Struggle for civil liberty and religious freedom. On religious grounds, Pemberton and other Quakers refused to swear allegiance to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Sabin 59610
Howes, W. U.S. iana (2d ed.) P191
Evans 15496
Adams, T.R. Brit. pamphlets 77-2b

L1996F173

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