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Samuel Preston diaries
Preston was a Buckingham Township conveyancer and surveyor. He records trips to Delaware, Maryland, and through Pennsylvania as a business agent for Philadelphia merchants John Field, John Thompson, Henry Drinker, Mordecai Lewis, and others; also as a land agent for Drinker. The diaries record bus...
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| Collection: | Samuel Preston Diaries |
| Collection Number: | Am.1274 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Preston, Samuel |d 1756-1834 |e creator | |
| 245 | 1 | |a Samuel Preston diaries |f 1787-1788 | |
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| 520 | |a Preston was a Buckingham Township conveyancer and surveyor. He records trips to Delaware, Maryland, and through Pennsylvania as a business agent for Philadelphia merchants John Field, John Thompson, Henry Drinker, Mordecai Lewis, and others; also as a land agent for Drinker. The diaries record business activity, much of it consisting of debt collection, and observations on people and places. | ||
| 650 | 7 | |a Land speculation and settlement--Pennsylvania--18th century. |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Pennsylvania--Description and Travel--18th century |2 Local sources | |
| 852 | |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |b Samuel Preston Diaries |c Am.1274 | ||