John Smith letterbooks

John Smith (1722-1771) was born in Burlington, New Jersey, on January 20, 1771, the son of Richard Smith and Abigail Rapier. He married Hannah Logan on October 7, 1748, in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the couple had four children: Sarah Logan Smith (1749), James Smith (1750), Hannah Smith (1753), and John Smith (1761). Smith died on March 26, 1771, in Burlington, New Jersey.

This collection is comprised of two volumes of John Smith's letterbooks. Inluded is both personal and business correspondence. Personal correspondence discusses family news and births, deaths, and marriages within the Quaker community. Business correspondence is largely related to the buying and selling of imported dry goods.

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Processed by Kara Flynn; completed August, 2015.

HC.MC.851 American Friends letters collection HC.MC.852 Anthony Benezet letters

Use

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Preferred Citation

John Smith letterbooks (HC.MC.975.02.020), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Publisher

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Finding aids author

Kara Flynn

Date

August, 2015

Creator

Smith, John, 1722-1771

Subject

Quakers -- Family relationships

Quaker businesspeople

Quakers -- History

Language

English

Form

Correspondence