[QUAKER HISTORY]. -- [PEMBERTON, Israel (1715-1779)]. An Address to the Inhabitants of Pennsylvania, by Those Freemen, of the City of Philadelphia, Who Are Now Confined in the Mason's Lodge, by Virtue of a General Warrant. Signed in Council by the Vice President of the Council of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Robert Bell, 1777.

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