Call Number:

SC.031

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (3 folders.))

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Henry Drinker Correspondence, 1791-1801.

Date:

1791-1801 (inclusive)

Creator:

Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809, Churchman, George, 1730-1814, Brinton, William, 1759-1842, Pemberton, James, 1723-1809, and Lindley, Ruth Anna, 1768-1810

Abstract:

This collection includes letters received by Henry Drinker regarding various business and personal matters. The correspondents include Ruth Anna Rutter (later Lindley), George Churchman, and William Brinton, who wrote concerning a subscription from Lampeter Preparative Meeting for relief in Europe.

Henry Drinker, a prominent Quaker merchant in Philadelphia, was the son of Henry and Mary Gottier Drinker. He married Ann Swett in 1754 and then, after her death, married Elizabeth Sandwith in 1761. Drinker is perhaps best known for his exile with other Quaker pacifists to Winchester, Virginia, during 1777-1778. He was a Clerk of the Meeting for Sufferings, Treasurer of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and an Elder.