John Leacock commonplace book 1768-1781

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John Leacock commonplace book 1768-1781

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Having made his fortune as a goldsmith and silversmith, John Leacock (1729-1802) became one of Philadelphia's most energetic entrepreneurs in viticulture and a playwright and parodist in the cause of American Independence. Despite bearing the title, "Observations, Experiments etc. extracted from the respecting farming, gardening, etc.," the notebook kept by the silversmith, viticulturist, and writer, John Leacock, is actually a combination of commonplace book, notebook, and receipt book. Consisting of 58 folio pages, the book contains a hodgepodge of entries reflecting Leacock's varied interests from 1768 through at least 1781, including not only material copied from other sources on viticulture, agriculture, engraving and etching, but medicinal and culinary receipts and two original poems, a "Song [of] the Stamp Act" and "A parody on the Tempest, by R. H. Esq." It also mentions diet drinks made by James Logan and Cadwallader Evans. Philosophical Transactions

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Evans, Cadwalader, 1716-1773.

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Dr. Cadwalader Evans of Philadelphia was the grandson of an immigrant to the city. He was also friends with Benjamin Franklin. From the description of Cadwalader Evans letter, Philadelphia, PA to Samuel Wharton, St. James Square, London, 1770 April 20. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 173619626 From the guide to the Cadwalader Evans letter to Samuel Wharton, 1770 April 20, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) ...

Leacock, John, 1729-1802

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The goldsmith and silversmith John Leacock was born in Philadelphia in 1729 into a family of rising fortunes. His father, also named John Leacock, was an established pewterer and merchant and a vestryman at Christ's Church, and his mother, Mary Cash (first cousin once removed of Deborah Read Franklin), was a sister of one of the founding members of the prestigious fishing club, the Colony in Schuylkill. Leacock was probably apprenticed in his early teens to either a gold...

Logan, James, 1674-1751

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James Logan, colonial statesman and scholar, became William Penn's secretary and emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1699. Logan was later appointed Penn's financial agent in the colony and adviser for his descendants. During the next forty years, he held various positions in the colonial government including secretary of the province, clerk of the Provincial Council, and numerous other executive and judicial posts. Logan also amassed a fortune in land investment and in trade with the Indians. He was ...