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Samuel W. Fisher papers

Samuel W. Fisher was a Pennsylvania state legislator and president of the Philadelphia Insurance Company. Papers of the Fisher and Rhoads families of Philadelphia include: personal and family correspondence, 1783-1813, of Samuel W. Fisher mainly to Benjamin Morgan, Jr., and from his wife Elizabeth...

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Main Author: Fisher, Samuel W. (Creator)
Collection:Samuel W. Fisher Papers
Collection Number:1955
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Subjects and Genres:
Commonplace books
Epidemics > Yellow Fever > Philadelphia > 18th Century
Pennsylvania > Politics and government > 18th century
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Physical Description: 0.3 Linear feet 0.3 linear feet, 1 box, 100 items
Summary: Samuel W. Fisher was a Pennsylvania state legislator and president of the Philadelphia Insurance Company. Papers of the Fisher and Rhoads families of Philadelphia include: personal and family correspondence, 1783-1813, of Samuel W. Fisher mainly to Benjamin Morgan, Jr., and from his wife Elizabeth and his mother-in-law Sarah Pemberton Rhoads; documents, 1800, on the investigation of the fracas between Fisher and George Logan on the floor of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives; Sarah P. Rhoads daybooks, 1796-1798, 1802-1803, commonplace books, and a reminiscence of her daughter Elizabeth Rhoads Fisher.

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