Box 1

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Fisher's account of the death of a fellow emigrant to Argentina, Andrew Weylin, who was lanced by a native. The notification was sent to victim's brother.

Scope and Contents Typed transcript memoir of his childhood, life in Argentina, and travel to the United States. Thomas (1853-1940) was the third child, eldest son. He and his brothers were educated in Ireland and assumed responsibility for the family farm and care of younger siblings until his father directed him to sell it and follow him to South America. Typed addendum by Eleanor Fisher Brinton adds entries from Sarah's diary which supplied specific dates. Thomas was a member of Goshen Monthly Meeting...

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Covers the trips from Alexandria Colony to England, then U.S. and North Carolina. With a rough itinerary compiled by his daughter Eleanor Fisher Brinton and a photograph of the family in North Carolina.

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2 copies with photographs glued onto first page. The donor noted that Henry's account is most complete of the siblings memoirs. Also a mimeograph copy of trip of Henry and wife Hattie Fisher to St. Petersburg, Florida. Henry attended Cornell University and was an engineer and avid supporter of Esperanto. He married Harriett Wixon.

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Includes a yearly record of Fisher family events 1871-1939. Biographical information about her siblings and other family members. Susanna was a writer and family historian and lived with the donor's parents in late life. The material is typed or handwritten on scrap papers.

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Susanna G. Fisher (1865-1956) was second youngest of the nine children and a small child when the family lived in Argentina. In a typed essay, she explained that since the family lived remotely, they took great interest in family stories that were handed down. She took a particular interest in consolidating the family's history. Like her sister Sarah, she was a member and elder of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of the Western District.

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Compiled by Susanna Fisher [and Eleanor?] Contains clippings, memorials, genealogical tables, etc., on family members including Anna M. Haslam. Included are published articles by William F. Brinton and a printed memorial for Thomas Wright Fisher by Holly Springs Monthly Meeing, North Carolina. Also original loose material, dated 1850-1930s: A. J. Grimshaw letters; condolence letters concerning deaths of Elizabeth and Nathan Mizell, etc.

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Family news