Papers, 1747-1867.

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Papers, 1747-1867.

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The bulk of the collection consists of Drinker's business correspondence, including some of the firms of James? there is a good deal of material concerning the resulting controversy and non-importation. Of particular interest are the letters from Pigou and Booth, London merchants, showing the British point of view. Present, too, are several letters discussing the war-time disruption of trade. The collection also includes typscripts of correspondence, 1777-1778, between Drinker and his wife, Elizabeth Sandwith Drinker, written while Drinker was exiled to Winchester, Virginia by the new Pennsylvania government. Drinker's correspondence after the war, 1783-1809, is largely concerned with land development and speculation in northern and western Pennsylvania. His correspondents include: Benjamin Rush, Benjamin West, James Wilson, and Aaron Burr. Also included in the collection are other items created or collected by Drinker's descendants: a late 19th century transcription of Henry Drinker's "Journal of a Voyage to England," 1759-1760; business letters, 1808-1867, of Henry Drinker's nephew Henry Drinker, Jr.; correspondence and two journals of Drinker's grandson, Sandwith Drinker, including the journal of his voyage to India, 1838, and to Zanzibar, 1840, and correspondence addressed to Nathan Kite, Philadelphia merchant and one of the administrators of the estate of Henry Drinker; annual trial balances, 1833-1838, of John Wheeler Leavitt, maternal great-grandfather of Henry S. Drinker; a diary, 1842-1854 of Leavitt's youngest daughter, Emily Austin Leavitt; and the manuscript for a story, 1887, by Thomas A. Janvier, husband of Sandwith Drinker's daughter Kate.

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Wilson, James, 1742-1798

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James Wilson (September 14, 1742 – August 21, 1798) was an American statesman, politician, legal scholar, and Founding Father who served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1789 to 1798. He was elected twice to the Continental Congress, was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence, and was a major force in drafting the United States Constitution. A leading legal theorist, he was one of the six original justices appointed by George Washington to the...

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813

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Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836

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Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809

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Henry Drinker, a prominent Quaker merchant in Philadelphia, was the son of Henry and Mary Gottier Drinker. He married Ann Swett in 1754 and then, after her death, married Elizabeth Sandwith in 1761. Drinker is perhaps best known for his exile with other Quaker pacifists to Winchester, Virginia, during 1777-1778. He was a Clerk of the Meeting for Sufferings, Treasurer of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and an Elder. From the description of Correspondence, 1791-1801. (Swarthmore College)....

Kite, Nathan

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Drinker, Henry, 1757-1822

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The Society of Friends (or 'Quakers') was formed by George Fox (1624-1691), a shoemaker from Nottingham. In the 1640s Fox travelled throughout England delivering sermons in which he argued that individuals could have direct access to God without the need for churches, priests or other aspects of the established Church. Fox's followers became known as the 'Friends of Truth' and later the 'Society of Friends'. Fox developed rules for the management of meetings, which were printed as 'Friends Fello...

Drinker, Sandwith, 1808-1858

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Drinker, Elizabeth, 1735-1897.

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West, Benjamin, 1738-1820

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American-born artist who was a charter member of the Royal Academy. From the description of ADS, 1819 November 12 : Kings Warehouse Customs, London. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 16853753 American historical painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to "Sir", a gentleman with whose family his "friend and Relation Joshua Gilpin" is forming a connection in marriage, 1800 Jun. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2705...

Janvier, Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone), 1849-1913

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Leavitt, John Wheeler, 1790-

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