Samuel Rowland Fisher papers 1767-1856

Samuel Rowland Fisher papers

Fisher was a Quaker merchant in Philadelphia and a surviving partner in Joshua Fisher & Sons. This collection of diaries and account books include Samuel R. Fisher's travel diaries, 1767-1793, for trips to England, Ireland, Charleston (S. C.), Georgia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and...

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Main Author: Fisher, Samuel Rowland 1745-1834 (Creator)
Collection:Samuel Rowland Fisher Papers
Collection Number:Am.0652
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Subjects:
England > Description and Travel > 18th century
Manufacturing > England > 18th century
Quakers > Marriage > 18th century
Social life and customs > 19th century.
Physical Description: 0.33 Linear feet 0.33 linear feet, 19 volumes
Summary: Fisher was a Quaker merchant in Philadelphia and a surviving partner in Joshua Fisher & Sons. This collection of diaries and account books include Samuel R. Fisher's travel diaries, 1767-1793, for trips to England, Ireland, Charleston (S. C.), Georgia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Rhode Island. Travel diary, 1787, to Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia contains critical comments on slavery. One volume of Fisher's memoranda, 1768, or expenses on trip to England, and one volume of orders of English goods (a record of Fisher's business with English merchants), 1767-1768. A diary, undated, by an unidentified Friend describes a trip from Charleston to Georgia and contains critical comments on slavery. Collection also includes Deborah Fisher Wharton's diary, 1856, describing a trip to New York City and family news.

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