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Lewis Ashhurst was a Philadelphia merchant, bank director, and active in the Protestant Episcopal Church. Ashhurst's diaries, four volumes 1834-1874, contain brief memoranda of his daily personal and professional activities. Mary Hazlehurst Ashhurst, wife of Lewis, diaries, 17 volumes 1834-18...
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| Collection: | Ashhurst Family Papers |
| Collection Number: | 1992 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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Lewis Ashhurst was a Philadelphia merchant, bank director, and active in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Ashhurst's diaries, four volumes 1834-1874, contain brief memoranda of his daily personal and professional activities. Mary Hazlehurst Ashhurst, wife of Lewis, diaries, 17 volumes 1834-1890, reflect her constant spiritual evaluation of herself and her family, and her religious activities. A private account book of Mary Ashhurst covers her personal expenses from 1873-1889. There are letters, 1865-1866, of Lewis R. and Mary Ashhurst and their children to others and also of their children while on a family tour through Europe. |