Contents or Abstract: '; “...One notable item includes Samuel Rowland Fisher’s handwritten account (circa 1780) of his arrest in 1779 on the charge of being a Tory. ...”
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Contents or Abstract: '; “...Petersburg, Russia; son Redwood Fisher, 1797-1825, 1848-1850, which includes letters from his father exhorting the boy to improve himself; brother Samuel Rowland Fisher, 1792-1817, with letters to Miers on family and some on business; wife, Sarah Redwood Fisher, 1777-1819, mostly letters from Miers reporting on trips away from home; brother Thomas Fisher, 1774-1806, on family affairs and a lot of sickness; son Thomas Fisher, Jr., 1791-1896, mostly letters from his father and other relatives while Thomas was apprenticed to a Baltimore, Md., merchant; nephew Joshua Gilpin, 1792-1796, with personal notes and reports on British manufacturing, technology, public affairs. ...”
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Contents or Abstract: '; “...Bernardo Monteagudo, Lima, Peru, 1825; will of Samuel Rowland Fisher, 1783; agreements and correspondence on land transactions in Washington, D.C., including material on Robert Morris, John Nicholson, James Greenleaf, and General Walter Stewart; letters of William Wirt, Nicholas Biddle, Daniel Webster, James Buchanan, Sam Bayard, Horace Binney, and numerous others....”