AVovVl  SM' }    Memoir  of  Prof.  Wm .  Procter,  Jr.  5 1 3 
ing  his  home  at  the  house  of  Lindley  Murray,  encouraged  him  to 
emigrate  to  America  and  come  to  Philadelphia  in  furtherance  of  his 
business  pursuits.  His  mind  appears  to  have  been  previously  turned 
to  a  contemplation  of  this  movement,  and  the  advice  given  him  de- 
cided the  matter.  Investing  his  savings  in  clothes  and  books, 
receiving  many  testimonials  of  kindness  from  relatives  and  friends, 
and  letters  of  introduction,  he  bade  farewell  to  family  and  home  and 
embarked  at  London. 
The  ship  William  Penn,  in  which  he  came  as  a  passenger,  arrived 
in  the  Delaware  in  September,  1793.  The  yellow  fever  was  then 
prevailing  in  Philadelphia,  and  the  ship  was  not  allowed  to  come  up 
to  the  city.  The  passengers  were  landed  at  Gloucester,  on  the  Jersey 
shore,  after  which  the  ship  proceeded  to  New  York  to  discharge  her 
cargo. 
Isaac  Procter,  with  two  companions,  having  left  their  trunks  on 
the  ship,  proceeded  on  foot  overland  towards  New  York.  An  inland 
quarantine  was  at  that  time  maintained  to  prevent  the  spread  of  the 
fever  from  Philadelphia. 
On  arriving  at  Haddonfield,  they  received  the  following  passport  : 
Gloucester  County  State  of  New  Jersey,  ss.  : 
Personally  came  before  me,  the  subscriber,  one  of  the  Justices  of  the  Peace, 
for  the  county  aforesaid,  Isaac  Procter,  housecarpenter  ;  Thomas  Finlinson, 
printer;  and  Joseph  Crowder,  bookbinder ;  who  came  passengers  in  the  ship 
William  Penn  from  London,  and  bound  to  Philadelphia  ;  but;  on  hearing  of  the 
malignant  fever  which  at  present  rages  in  that  city,  the  said  ship  came  to 
anchor  in  the  river  Delaware,  opposite  the  town  of  Gloucester,  in  the  county 
aforesaid,  from  whence  the  above-named  persons  were,  on  the  27th  ultimo, 
landed  at  the  said  town  of  Gloucester,  and  have  not  been  at  Philadelphia  ;  and 
being  desirous  of  travelling  through  this  State  to  the  city  of  New  York,  in 
order  to  settle  themselves  in  their  lawful  vocation  ;  and  requiring  my  pass  for 
that  purpose,  I  therefore  recommend  the  said  Isaac  Procter,  Thomas  Finlinson, 
and  Joseph  Crowder  to  the  notice  and  safe  protection  of  the  inhabitants  of 
this  State,  in  the  prosecution  of  their  said  intended  journey. 
Given  under  my  hand  and  seal,  at  Haddonfield,  in  the  couuty  of  Gloucester 
aforesaid,  the  fourteenth  day  of  October,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand 
seven  hundred  and  niuety-three,  (1793.) 
(Signed),  SAM'L  KENARD.      j  "seaiT  J 
The  travellers  crossed  the  Delaware  above  the  city,  and  proceeded 
to  Germantown,  thence  to  Morrisville,  stopping  on  the  first  day  of 
the  week  to  attend  Friends  meeting  at  Fallsington.    After  meeting, 
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