Samuel Rowland Fisher correspondence
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 25 handwritten letters of the personal correspondence between Samuel Rowland Fisher and his friends and family, as well as a number of photocopies. The letters and accounts were written to Samuel Rowland Fisher while he was in England on a business trip for his father's firm, Joshua Fisher & Sons of Philadelphia, a shipping-importing business. The materials are from merchants in England, including Thomas and William Dillworth and others and give insight into Quaker business practice and language of the 18th century.
Dates
- Creation: 1767-1768
Creator
- Fisher, Samuel Rowland, 1745-1834 (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Samuel Rowland Fisher (1745-1834) was born in Lewes, Delaware, the son of Joshua Fisher and Sarah Rowland. He was a prominent Philadelphia merchant involved in the transatlantic trade, and ran a packet line between London and Philadelphia. Fisher tried to remain neutral during the Revolutionary War, and was exiled to Winchester, Virginia, for a year with 20 other Quakers. He married Hannah Rodman, and the couple had four children: Sarah (1794-1830), Deborah (1795-1888), Rodman (1798-1800), and Thomas (1801-1856). He died on May 6, 1834, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Extent
.01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection includes the personal correspondence between Samuel Rowland Fisher, a Quaker merchant, and his friends and family, as well as a number of photocopies.
Acquisition
The Samuel Rowland Fisher correspondence was donated to Special Collections, Haverford College in 1997 by Mrs. Francis James Dallett.
Processing Information
Processed by Kara Flynn; completed February, 2016.
- Title
- Samuel Rowland Fisher correspondence, 1767-1768
- Author
- Kara Flynn
- Date
- February, 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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