Sub-Series 2-B: Benjamin Ferris Family Correspondence

Contains the correspondence of Benjamin Ferris and his generation. Benjamin was especially close to his eldest sister, Deborah (1773-1844). In 1799 she married Dr. Joseph Bringhurst (1767-1834), a Wilmington druggist. He was a close friend of John Dickinson, member of the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention. In 1804, Benjamin married Fanny (Frances) Canby (1778-1833), daughter of William and Martha (Marriott) Canby. The daughters of Mary Canby Gibbons, Martha's sister, were raised in the Canby household, and Hannah Gibbons (1793-1860) became Benjamin's second wife after the death of Fanny Ferris.