Excerpt from The Diary of John Pemberton: For the Years 1777 and 1778About same time myself and 19 others banished from Phila delphia as the above was fought, viz., about 5 o'clock, P. M. 20th, English entered and took possession of Philadelphia without opposition. 29th, arrived at Winchester. Our Yearly Meeting held very peaceably at Philadelphia. October, l0th mo., 16th. Elizth. Shipley died, aged about 87 years. 23d, Augusta ship of war blown up. The report reached to Not tingham and shook the windows as Friends sat in Meeting. L0th mo. 24th. Houses at Winchester illuminated on account of the defeat and capture of Genl. Burgoyne and his army. November, 11th mo., 21st. The Americans set fire to their armed vessels in the Delaware. 22d. An earthquake at Philada. Between 7 and 8 o'clock, A. M., felt at West river in Ml'd 28, 20, 3oth. Snowed at Winchester, from 9 to 16 inches deep. December, 12th mo., 5th. Esther White died, aged about 77 years. 12th. Snowed in the morning. 25th. Snowed in the morning. 28. Snow about 4 inches deep. 29th. Very cold. 30, 31st. Very cold.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.