Diaries, 1765-1770, 1772-1774, 1777-1798.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Diaries, 1765-1770, 1772-1774, 1777-1798.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122644659

These diaries offer a daily record of his activities, which included dinners, weddings, and funerals of friends, some of them prominent Philadelphians. The entries made during the Revolutionary War show Hiltzheimer's activities, namely supplying horses and hay to the Continental Army. On July 28, 1777, he bought from Jacob Graff, Jr. the house at which Thomas Jefferson stayed when he wrote the Declaration of Independence.

26 v.

American Philosophical Society Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6802141

American Philosophical Society Library

Related Entities

There are 9 Entities related to this resource.

Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6621rfp (person)

Thomas Mifflin (January 10, 1744 – January 20, 1800) was an American merchant, soldier, and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served in a variety of roles during and after the American Revolution, several of which qualify him to be counted among the Founding Fathers. He was the first governor of Pennsylvania, serving from 1790 to 1799; he was also the last president of Pennsylvania, succeeding Benjamin Franklin and serving from 1788 until 1790. Born in Philadelphia, Mifflin becam...

Washington, George, 1732-1799

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r31qfk (person)

George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

German Society of Pennsylvania

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66726zw (corporateBody)

Members of the German Society of Pennsylvania constituted the Executive Committee in charge of the arrangements for the Humboldt birthday centennial celebration in Philadelphia: William J. Horstmann (chair); C.M. Baumann; Julius Hein; Lorenz Herbert; Emil Herwig; Paul Jagode; Rudolphi Koradi; Josef Kinike; Oswald Seidensticker; and F.W. Thomas. From the description of Humboldt-Säcular-Feier, 1869. (German Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 646218809 The German So...

Barge, Jacob.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vd7rss (person)

Wister, Daniel, 1739 or 8-1804.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k942t9 (person)

Francis, Tench, 1730-1800

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sn0czm (person)

Tench Francis of the firm of Francis and Relfe was a Philadelphia general merchant. From the description of Ledger, 1759-1761. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122625404 ...

Graff, Jacob

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dz12pc (person)

Society for Promoting Agriculture.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67t2hr3 (corporateBody)

Hiltzheimer, Jacob, 1748-1798.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64m9z1q (person)

Jacob Hiltzheimer was a German immigrant to Philadelphia in 1748, where he was apprenticed to the silversmith John Nagle, but left to take up farming. He was active in political and social organizations in Philadelphia: vice-president of the German Society; member of the Society for Promoting Agriculture, the Society for the Promotion of Domestic Manufacture, and the Fire Department. From the description of Diaries, 1765-1770, 1772-1774, 1777-1798. (American Philosophical Society Lib...