Diary, 1787-1788.

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Diary, 1787-1788.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122633106

Diary, 1787-1788, describing trips through Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania as business agent for Philadelphia merchants John Field, John Thompson, Henry Drinker, Mordecai Lewis and others; also as land agent for Drinker. The diaries record business activity, much of it consisting of debt collection, and observations of people and places.

3 v.; 20 cm. or less.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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SNAC Resource ID: 6797517

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Field, john, 1949-....

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John Field was a wealthy merchant and extensive land owner from Philadelphia, Pa. during the later part of the 18th century and early part of the 19th century. Field acquired large tracts of land in Northumberland, Huntington, Luzerne, Lycoming, Dauphin, and Allegheny counties during the 1790s from noted land speculators Robert Morris and John Nicholson. The bubble burst in 1798 and the inflated land prices crashed. John Field, Jr., the son of John Field, hired Philadelphia attorney William Mere...

Thompson, John (Children's story writer)

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Lewis, Mordecai, 1748-1799

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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)....

Preston, Samuel, 1756-1834

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Samuel Preston was a Buckingham Township, Pa. surveyor and conveyancer, born in Bucks County and died in Stockport, Wayne County. He was a Federalist, the first associate judge of Wayne County and a Quaker. He settled the town of Stockport and built the first mill there. From the description of Diary, 1787-1788. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122633106 ...