Deborah Fisher Wharton Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection is largely genealogical data on the Fisher, Wharton, and related families of Philadelphia, Pa., and Rhode Island. There are personal letters (1862-1874) between Deborah Fisher Wharton and her daughter Esther Fisher Wharton Smith, wife of Benjamin Raper Smith of Philadelphia.
Dates
- Creation: 1815-1876
Creator
- Wharton, Deborah Fisher, 1795-1888 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.
Biographical / Historical
Deborah Fisher Wharton (1795-1888) was a Hicksite Quaker of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Newport, Rhode Island, the wife of William Wharton and father of Joseph Wharton, the Philadelphia Quaker industrialist and philanthropist. She was a founder of Swarthmore College and served on the original Board of Managers.
Extent
0.25 linear ft. (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Deborah Fisher Wharton (1795-1888) was a Hicksite Quaker of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Newport, Rhode Island, the wife of William Wharton and father of Joseph Wharton, the Philadelphia Quaker industrialist and philanthropist. She was a founder of Swarthmore College and served on the original Board of Managers. This collection is largely generalogical data on the Fisher, Wharton, and related families of Philadelphia, Pa., and Rhode Island. There are personal letters (1862-1874) between Deborah Fisher Wharton and her daughter Esther Fisher Wharton Smith, wife of Benjamin Raper Smith of Philadelphia.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into four series:
- Correspondence
- Diary
- Pictures
- Miscellaneous
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession information
Donor: Sarah A. G. Smith, 1971, 1990; Accession number: 1990.24
The collection was given by Sarah A. G. Smith of Rhode Island from the family of Esther Fisher Wharton Smith, who was the daughter of Deborah Wharton
Processing Information
Received unprocessed in an envelope. Medical and cooking receipts added in 1990.
Subject
- Wharton family (Family)
- Fisher family (Family)
- Title
- Deborah Fisher Wharton Papers, 1815-1876
- Author
- FHL staff
- Date
- 1971
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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