David Brinton diary and scrapbook, circa 1890-1945

A detailed compilation of entries copied from his father's diaries and David Brinton's own reminiscences and current diary entries. He was raised as a Conservative/Wilburite Quaker, a member of Fallsington Friends at Ercildoun. Biographies of family and friends, his opinions on politics (was much against the "New Deal.") Includes tipped in correspondence, clippings. Brinton wrote about his father's disownment for marrying the sister of his deceased wife and the family's isolation from local Friends. Very rich and includes family bible records and reference to Ercildoun being a station on the Underground Railroad and African Americans who settled there. His own topical index at the end, with additions by his wife, Eleanor Fisher Brinton, after his death.