Mason's Lodge, September 9th, 1777 ... To the inhabitants of Pennsylvania
Subtitle: 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
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 15501; Early American imprints -- no. 43279
Publisher: Printed by Robert Bell
Published: 1777
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Society of Friends; Conscientious objectors; History
Notes: Includes a copy of the council's resolves of Sept. 9th, concerning persons refusing to take the oath of allegiance, and on p. 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.

Imprint supplied by Evans.

Evans 15501

Bristol B4501

Shipton & Mooney 43279