TITLE: Letter from John & Sarah Blunston in Darby, PA. to John & Hannah (Bickerstaff) Bowne
DOCUMENT ID: BFP 2018.1.03-11
DATE: 12 January 1683/4 (Old Style) / 22 January 1684 (New Style)
NOTES AND DESCRIPTION
John and Sarah (Bickerstaff) Blunston write to their “dear brother and sister” from Darby, PA., which they had settled with six other Quaker couples in the fall of 1682. At the date of writing, Blunston was already serving in the Colonial Assembly. The letter begins with condolences for the loss of a child; the Bownes’ infant son John had died three months earlier. It also refers to 500 acres laid out for Bowne in Pennsylvania, and business deals involving livestock Bowne that has promised to procure for Pennsylvania residents. Sarah reminds Hannah Bickerstaff Bowne to send her linseed, potatoes, and squash seed when she can.