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Logan, Fisher, and Fox families papers
The Logan-Fisher-Fox collection focuses on the members of three prominent Philadelphia Quaker families. The material offers a study of the minds and lifestyles of several generations of active members of the Society of Friends and is a valuable source of information on family life, highlighting the...
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| Collection: | Logan, Fisher, and Fox Families Papers |
| Collection Number: | 1960 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to finding aid |
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33.4 Linear feet 45 boxes, 73 volumes, 1 flat file |
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The Logan-Fisher-Fox collection focuses on the members of three prominent Philadelphia Quaker families. The material offers a study of the minds and lifestyles of several generations of active members of the Society of Friends and is a valuable source of information on family life, highlighting the position of women in the family.
The Fisher section includes 500 items of the Post-Revolutionary correspondence of Thomas Fisher, merchant and brewer, 1780-1810. The bulk of this section, however, centers around William Logan Fisher, a counting house apprentice, who later went into the whaling business. The William Logan Fisher papers are particularly useful for their commentary on the economy, politics, slavery and abolition. Also included here are the manuscripts of Sarah Lindley Fisher, second wife of William Logan Fisher, Elizabeth R. Fisher and Mary Fisher Fox important for their depiction of the life of the 19th century wife and mother.
The Fox section focuses on the letters of Samuel and George to their brother Joseph M. Fox. Both Samuel and George graduated from medical school, but Samuel left the profession in 1828 to work in his father-in-law's New York counting house. |