Bacon, David
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1729 - 1809
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
David Bacon financial records
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-009
Overview
This collection is comprised of the financial records of David Bacon, a Philadelphia hatter and Quaker elder. Also includes financial materials related to his will.
Dates:
1809
David Bacon journal
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-003
Overview
David Backon kept a journal during his time with the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confderacy) in 1974. Entries describe Bacon’s journey to the Haudenosaunee territory, and interactions between himself and the members of the Haudenosaunee, as well as discussions between representatives from the United States and Six Nations governments concerning the treaty that was to determine the land rights of the Haudenosaunee after the end of the Revolutionary War. Bacon also includes his accounts of...
Dates:
1794
William Savery diaries
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-061
Overview
William Savery's diaries. The majority of the first volume concerns the Treaty at Canandaigua, and the remaining volumes are accounts of religious visits Savery made throughout Europe. Entries generally describe details of travel between destinations, Quaker meetings attended, Quaker families visited, and descriptions of each location's culture, food, language, style of dress, and form of local government.
Dates:
1794-1798
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- Indians of North America 2
- Quakers -- Diaries 2
- Quakers -- History 2
- Six Nations -- History 2
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