Correspondence, 1777-1778.

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Correspondence, 1777-1778.

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Correspondence relates to Henry Drinker's forced exile to Winchester, Va. during the American Revolution. His letters home discuss in detail his spiritual well-being, his concern for his children as well as news of other Friends similarly exiled and efforts to present their case before Pa. and Va. authorities. Elizabeth Drinker's letters to her husband relate family and neighborhood news, Friends' visits and efforts on behalf of the exiles as well as concern for her husband.

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Haverford College Library

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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)....

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...