TITLE: Letter from Daniel Tolles to John Bowne, c/o Samuel Carpenter in Philadelphia
DOCUMENT ID: BFP 2018.1.02-20
DATE: 28 March 1691 (Old Style) / 7 April 1691 (New Style)
Dan Toals [Daniel Tolles] writes to John Bowne from Philadelphia care of Samuel Carpenter. Tolles follows up on his letter of three months prior regarding his indentured servant, who evidently has absconded and is presently working for Bowne. Tolles is in poor health and requests that his servant be returned to help him recover, reiterating that his services are worth more than 40 pounds to him. Tolles promises that he will be kind to the man and "take noe advantage of his run away time." However, he leaves the details up to Bowne, hoping to one day repay his kindness.
Notes:
"my servant": presumably the same indentured servant mentioned in his 1690 letter.
Samuel Carpenter (1649-1714), friend and associate of William Penn and Deputy Governor of Pennsylvania from 1694-1698
"ever since I was at York": refers to New York City.
George Vanderford: Possible match to Joris Michaelse Vandervoort (1656-c.1715), who was baptized in New Amsterdam but later settled in Maryland.
Dan Toals [Daniel Tolles]: identity unknown at present; presumably a member of Philadelphia’s Quaker community.