Elizabeth (Sandwith) Drinker, 1735-1807

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Elizabeth Sandwith Drinker's milieu was the community of well-to-do Quakers in eighteenth century Philadelphia. She was born in 1735, the daughter of Sarah Jervis Sandwith and William Sandwith, a Philadelphia merchant and shipowner. In 1761 she married Henry Drinker (1743-1809), also a merchant. An invalid much of her life, she died in 1807.

From the guide to the Diaries, 1735-1807, (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute)

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Philadelphia
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Birth 1735

Death 1807

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