Call Number:

MC.950.029

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (2 folders)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

James Bringhurst papers (HC.MC.950.029), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1780-1802 (inclusive)

Creator:

Bringhurst, James, 1730-1810

Form:

manuscripts (documents), letters (correspondence), and Correspondence

Abstract:

This collection is comprised of the personal and business correspondence, as well as miscellaneous notes and manuscripts, of James Bringhurst, a wealthy Philadelphia merchant.

James Bringhurst (1730-1810) was born on December 7, 1730, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of John Bringhurst and Mary Claypoole. He married Anna Pole, and the couple had seven children. He married Hannah Peters in 1778, and later married Ruth Barker. He was a wealthy merchant in Philadelphia, and was active in the American Philosophical Society, Pennsylvania Hospital, and Carpenter's Hall. He owned a country estate at Gray's Ferry, now part of Philadelphia, which his first wife, Anne Pole (1705-1755), inherited from her father, also a Philadelphia merchant. Bringhurst died on February 27, 1810.

This collection is comprised of the personal and business correspondence, as well as miscellaneous notes and manuscripts, of James Bringhurst.