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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01757 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1777 |
| Title | The following remonstrance, was this day presented to the president and Council, by the hands of their secretary |
| Date | 4 September 1777 |
| Author | Pemberton, Israel (1715-1779) |
| Document Type | Broadside |
| Content Description | Title continues: "To the president and council of Pennsylvania. The remonstrance of Israel Pemberton, John Hunt, and Samuel Pleasants." The order to confine them is arbitrary, unjust, and unlawful. 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. Evans 15498. |
| Subjects | Religion Quaker Loyalist Civil Rights Revolutionary War Law Petition |
| People | Pemberton, Israel (1715-1779) Hunt, John (1750-1822) Pleasants, Samuel (1737-1807) Nicola, Lewis (1717-1807) Bell, Robert (1736-1816) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Religion; Law; The Presidency; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Appears in GLC 527, the Gilpin Journal, in manuscript form. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |