Ashhurst family papers 1834-1890

Ashhurst family papers

Lewis Ashhurst was a Philadelphia merchant, bank director, and active in the Protestant Episcopal Church. Ashhurst's diaries, four volumes 1834-1874, contain brief memoranda of his daily personal and professional activities. Mary Hazlehurst Ashhurst, wife of Lewis, diaries, 17 volumes 1834-18...

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Main Author: Ashhurst family (Creator)
Collection:Ashhurst Family Papers
Collection Number:1992
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Subjects:
Travel
Women's History > Upper Class.
Physical Description: 1.5 Linear feet 1.5 linear feet, 1 box (122 items)
Summary: Lewis Ashhurst was a Philadelphia merchant, bank director, and active in the Protestant Episcopal Church. Ashhurst's diaries, four volumes 1834-1874, contain brief memoranda of his daily personal and professional activities. Mary Hazlehurst Ashhurst, wife of Lewis, diaries, 17 volumes 1834-1890, reflect her constant spiritual evaluation of herself and her family, and her religious activities. A private account book of Mary Ashhurst covers her personal expenses from 1873-1889. There are letters, 1865-1866, of Lewis R. and Mary Ashhurst and their children to others and also of their children while on a family tour through Europe.

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