Diaries, 1758-1807 (inclusive).

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Diaries, 1758-1807 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232006579

The diaries, 1758-1807, are concerned mainly with private and family matters, illnesses, medical treatment, and the Society of Friends; some entries for the period of the Revolutionary War include information on the treatment of Quakers and on the British occupation of Philadelphia.

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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...