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Elizabeth Farmar letterbook, 1774-1789
Collected letters of Eliza Farmer, third wife of Dr. Richard Farmer of Kensington, to her nephew, Jack Halroyd, clerk in the East India Company, London.
The letters, written from Philadelphia, are mainly personal, but they contain comments on the embargo on tea, the non-importation act,...
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| Date: | 1774-01-01/1789-12-31 |
| Dimensions: | 16 x 19.5 cm |
| Location: | Philadelphia, PA Kensington, PA |
| Call Number: | Am .063 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org) |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/11296 |
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Collected letters of Eliza Farmer, third wife of Dr. Richard Farmer of Kensington, to her nephew, Jack Halroyd, clerk in the East India Company, London. The letters, written from Philadelphia, are mainly personal, but they contain comments on the embargo on tea, the non-importation act, secret session of Congress, rumors of bombardment of Boston, military preparedness, and commercial activities. Included are medical recipies written at a later date. |
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