Papers, 1722-1889.

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Papers, 1722-1889.

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Papers of several generations of a Philadelphia Quaker merchant family. Included are: family correspondence, principally between Henry and Elizabeth Sandwith Drinker, the diarist; letters, deeds, and surveys concerning Drinker family lands; William Drinker's accounts and papers relating to the estate of Mary Sandwith, his aunt and sister of Elizabeth; wills, marriage certificates, and other family material.

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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Drinker, William, 1767-1821

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Sandwith, Mary

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Drinker, Henry, 1734-1808.

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Drinker family,

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Drinker, Elizabeth Sandwith, 1734-1807

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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 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 description of Diaries, 1758-1807 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006579 Elizabeth Sandwith Drinker of Philad...