Plan of Lands Late of Henry Drinker, Dec.d

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Plan of Lands Late of Henry Drinker, Dec.d

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This is a bound atlas containing 20 heavily annotated manuscript cadastral maps in Pennsylvania, 18 of which cover the areas of Luzerne and Susquehanna counties. Henry Drinker owned a large quantity of land in western Pennsylvania, and this is noted, especially on the 19th map of plots of land near Kettle Creek, which at its mouth joins the Susquehanna River.

1 item (20 p. ) ; 46 cm.

Haverford College Library

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Haverford College Library

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Drinker, Henry Sandwith, 1770-1824

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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)....