Charles Swift Riché Hildeburn collection

This is a collection of letters to Mary ("Polly") Riché, Hildeburn's great grandmother. Many of the letters are from Christian Amiel and Sarah Bard primarily on family, personal, and social matters with only occasional comments on contemporary events. There are also some Alice Swift...

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Main Author: Hildeburn, Charles Swift Riché 1855-1901 (Creator)
Collection:Charles Swift Riché Hildeburn Collection
Collection Number:Am.080
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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100 1 |a Hildeburn, Charles Swift Riché  |d 1855-1901  |e creator 
245 1 |a Charles Swift Riché Hildeburn collection  |f 1770-1900 
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520 |a This is a collection of letters to Mary ("Polly") Riché, Hildeburn's great grandmother. Many of the letters are from Christian Amiel and Sarah Bard primarily on family, personal, and social matters with only occasional comments on contemporary events. There are also some Alice Swift (later married to Robert Cambridge Livingston) letters, largely from Charleston to her parents in Philadelphia, 1771. In addition, there are Hildeburn's transcripts of the letters with drafts and notes for an intended publication, "A Trunkful of Old Letters from Loyalist Ladies in Revolutionary Times." 
541 1 |a Purchased, Library Fund.; 1926 acquired 
650 7 |a Children--Correspondence--18th century  |2 Local sources 
650 7 |a Family life--Personal Correspondence--18th century.  |2 Local sources 
650 7 |a Social Life and Customs--18th century.  |2 Local sources 
852 |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania  |b Charles Swift Riché Hildeburn Collection  |c Am.080