Sarah M. Fisher commonplace book, with Eleanor F. Brinton and Margaret additions, 1882-1900; 1950, 2010
Scope and Contents
Hard bound volume contains autographs and entries written for Sarah. Sarah M. Fisher (1856-1945) married Frederic White in 1899 and was a Quaker minister. Her youngest sister Eleanor later added a brief history of the family and her (Eleanor's) life before her marriage in 1901. Eleanor recounted the family's move to Malvern, Pennsylvania, in 1898 where she met the Brinton relatives and married David Brinton on 9 month 26. In 1950 when she was bedridden Eleanor wrote a short addition which included her memories of Magessa, North Carolina. Also some poems by her sister Susanna. The final entry is by the donor, Margaret Brinton Collinson. She wrote that her family lived with her grandmother Eleanor Brinton until 1957.
Dates
- Creation: 1882-1900; 1950, 2010
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
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