Fisher family.

Dates:
Active 1761
Active 1868

Biographical notes:

Miers Fisher was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1769 and retired some 24 years later, moving to his Fox Chase estate "Ury." He and other members of his family were among the Quakers exiled in Virginia during the Revolution. He was elected a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly, 1791-1792, and was a counselor for the Pennsylvania Abolition Society.

From the description of Papers, 1761-1868. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122624890

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Subjects:

  • Quakers

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Places:

  • Wayne County (Pa.) (as recorded)
  • Northhampton County (Pa.) (as recorded)
  • Tobyhanna (Pa.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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