Fisher Family Papers, 1761-1889

(28 boxes, 12 lin. feet)

Collection 2094

© The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
1300 Locust Street * Philadelphia, PA 19107
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Table of contents
Abstract
The Fisher family papers center on Miers Fisher (1748-1819), a prominent Philadelphia lawyer, and his immediate family. Fisher and other members of his family were among the Quakers exiled in Virginia during the Revolution. He was active in civic affairs and served as a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly and a counselor for the Pennsylvania Abolition Society. Smaller sections of the Fisher Family Papers focus on his brother, Jabez Maud Fisher; the Redwoods, the family of Miers Fisher's wife; and the Warners, the family of his son-in-law.

Background note
Miers Fisher played an active role in Philadelphia society during the Revolution and the Early Republic. As the son of Joshua Fisher (1707-1783), a prominent Philadelphian and proprietor of Joshua Fisher & Sons, a large mercantile firm begun in the 1750s, Miers was involved in mercantile trade and was also trained as a lawyer. He was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1769.

In 1774 Miers Fisher married Sarah Redwood, daughter of William Redwood and Hannah Holmes. The couple had 16 children, only five of whom lived past the age of 30. Their children were all well-educated and traveled a great deal in the United States and abroad.

The Fishers were Quakers, a faith that led them to take a neutral position during the Revolution. Because they refused to swear an oath of allegiance to the new American government, Miers and his brothers and father were arrested and taken to Winchester, Virginia, where they were detained for nearly nine months.

Miers's business did not suffer much as a result of his confinement. He returned to Philadelphia and carried on with his business, which expanded and grew. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly, 1791-1792; the first counselor of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society; a Common Council member, 1789-1791; and a director of the Bank of North America, 1792-1800. He and his wife were known to do a great deal of entertaining at Ury, their Fox Chase estate, and hosted many of the most prominent figures of early America. Miers Fisher died on March 12, 1819.

Miers's brothers, Thomas and Samuel, participated actively in their father's business and were well-established Quaker merchants. Another brother, Jabez, moved from America to England in 1775. Jabez had a number of friends and acquaintances in England and seems to have worked in trade and commerce while there.

The children of Miers and Sarah Fisher who lived to adulthood married, in general, into other prominent Philadelphia families. Jabez Maud, the youngest of the Fisher children, also lived the longest; he died in 1876.


Scope and content
The Fisher Family Papers provide a cogent and comprehensive view of a prominent Quaker family in Philadelphia during a period of military crisis, national upheaval, and government renewal. Miers Fisher is the central figure in the family papers; included is correspondence among Miers and his wife and children, as well as letters from his brothers, business partners, and his many friends and acquaintances. While many letters offer important and detailed insights about politics and public affairs, the majority of the Fisher Family Papers document the everyday personal and business occurrences of a wealthy family.

The Fishers were active in trade and commerce, and correspondence throughout the collection includes the observations of friends and associates about mercantile affairs, both domestic and international (particularly concerning England). Miers and his brothers, Thomas, Samuel, and Jabez, traded news about prices, availability of commodities, and their letters reflect economic trends and the business practices of the Fishers.

Events of the 1770s are best represented in the papers of Jabez Maud Fisher, which are from both family and friends and describe the situation of Quakers in Philadelphia during the time of the Revolution. Letters from other acquaintances comment extensively on public affairs. Jabez left Philadelphia for London to escape the imminent persecution of pacifist Quakers who refused to take an active role in the Revolution. While many Quakers were accused of being Loyalists because of their neutral stance, it is likely that Jabez Fisher was indeed a Loyalist and perhaps harbored stronger pro-British sentiments than the rest of his family. Many letters from friends and acquaintances, especially in London, refer to the "rebellion," and a letter from George Logan states, "I sympathize with thee...on the distresses of our unhappy Country & abhor the instruments of the present Rebellion, all of whom I hope will be made a public example of by receiving a punishment adequate to the worst of enemies." (20 August 1775)

Letters to Jabez from his family reflect their frustration with Philadelphia society, which was beginning to ostracize them, and their disappointment and anger that some Quakers had elected to pick up arms and join the fight, an action that the Fishers deemed hypocritical and improper. In particular, letters from Jabez's brother Samuel relate remarkable details about the situation of the Quakers in Philadelphia and describe broken windows, intimidation, and the difficulty of the Quakers to stand by their beliefs in the face of alienation and threats. The refusal of many Quakers to support the war at all resulted in many problems for them. When Congress issued paper money in 1775, Samuel wrote Jabez that "it is expected if any Friends refuse to take this money, they will suffer much violence." (6 August 1775)

The papers of Miers Fisher describe the fate that Jabez escaped. Miers's papers include information about his exile in Virginia in 1777 and 1778. The Quakers arrested and exiled were said to have "evidenced a disposition inimical to the Cause of America," as noted on the warrant for their arrest, August 31, 1777. Miers's papers include petitions and letters to Congress that were drafted by the exiles during their confinement. Documents regarding the Quakers' detainment indicate their fear for their safety, their indignation at being held upon suspicion only, and their dismay that their peers deemed them traitors due to the rumors circulated and the methods by which they were treated.

The bulk of Miers's papers are from the years following his detention and reveal that his reputation was not irreparably damaged by his arrest and the accusations made against him. Correspondence reveals a successful career as a lawyer, with some letters soliciting his counsel. There are not, however, a great many legal papers in the collection; most documentation about his legal practice exists in informal correspondence, most of it in the General Correspondence section of his papers. Information about various estates and estate administration is scattered throughout the collection, as are the numerous real estate transactions in which Miers was involved.

Although Miers was involved in many civic affairs and served as a member of Assembly and held an important place in the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, most of his activities with these groups is documented implicitly in the collection, and no official papers regarding his work with either of these institutions exists in this collection. There is however, a petition signed by Miers Fisher dated March 1780 in which Miers and several other men protest the presence of slave ships in the Philadelphia port and request that Philadelphia prohibit all activities relating directly and indirectly to the slave trade.

Family letters indicate a strong bond between parents and children and among siblings. Most of the children of Miers and Sarah Redwood Fisher died before adolescence, but Thomas, Redwood, Lydia, Jabez, and Miers, Jr. are represented significantly in this collection. Letters to and from other Fisher children exist in lesser quantities. Notably absent from the family correspondence are the few references to the illnesses of their children, who must have been sick often, and lack of discussion of their deaths, which occurred at fairly regular intervals for a span of more than 30 years.

The correspondence of wife Sarah Redwood Fisher, brothers Thomas and Samuel, and nephew Joshua Gilpin, son of Miers's sister Lydia, complete the bulk of family correspondence. The letters of the family men describe business ventures and trade and occasionally comment on public affairs, as well as family matters. Miers traveled often and the letters between him and his wife tell not only of his travels but also of her endeavors to manage the household in his absence. At times she also gives her opinion about some of her husband's business affairs and real estate ventures and seems to have occasionally passed along information to his associates in Philadelphia while he was out of town.

Correspondence to and from the Fisher children discusses their educations and subsequent business and personal affairs. In particular, the papers of Miers, Jr. reflect his business in Russia, where he was involved in mercantile trade. Most of the children's letters describe personal affairs, and since much of the correspondence is written by or for their father, there are but a few letters that discuss their adult years or their married lives. Lydia Fisher Warner is an exception; correspondence of her husband, brother-in-law, and children provides a glimpse into her married (and widowed) life and the affairs and upbringing of her children. The papers of Jabez Maud Fisher [II] extend well beyond his father's death, but offer only a small window into his business life with few personal or family letters.

There are some papers of William Redwood, Sarah Redwood Fisher's father, and William Redwood, Jr., her brother. These letters are mostly from business associates, but a few are from family members and discuss both family and business news.

The papers of the Fisher family document the personal and business affairs of a prominent family. While some letters discuss public affairs explicitly, many family letters also bear the implications of the political and economic events of the time while providing insight into family structure, religious beliefs, and eighteenth and nineteenth-century Philadelphia culture.

Arrangement
Series I Miers Fisher Papers, 1761-1831
a. Major Family Correspondents, 1774-1860
b. Major Other Correspondents, 1769-1819
c. General Correspondence, 1761-1831
d. Miscellaneous, 1775-1829
Series II Jabez Maud Fisher Papers, 1775-1779
Series III Jabez Maud Fisher [II] Papers, 1820-1865
Series IV Warner Family Papers, 1810-1889
Series V Redwood Family Papers, 1801-1829


Administrative information
Restrictions on use
None.

The collection is open for research.

Preferred citation
Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], Fisher Family Papers (Collection 2094), The Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Provenance
Gift of Franklin C. Wood, 1980.

Processing notes
Processed by: Leslie Hunt

Processing Completed: January 2001


Additional information
Related material
Joshua Francis Fisher Papers (Collection 1858)

Miers Fisher Papers (Collection 207)

Samuel Rowland Fisher Papers (Collection 2019)

Sarah Logan Fisher Diaries (Collection 1923)

Logan-Fisher-Fox Family Papers (Collection 1960)

Fisher Family Papers, American Philosophical Society

William Logan Fisher Papers, Clements Library, University of Michigan

Language(s) represented
English.

Bibliography
Morgan, Kenneth, ed. An American Quaker in the British Isles: The Travel Journals of Jabez Maud Fisher, 1775-1779. NY: Oxford University Press, 1992.

Smith, Anna Wharton. Genealogy of the Fisher Family, 1682-1896. (Philadelphia, Pa., 1896).

Added entries
Subjects
  • Commerce and trade--Philadelphia--18th century
  • Commerce and Trade--Philadelphia--19th century
  • Northampton County (Pa.)
  • Quakers
  • Tobyhanna (Pa.)
  • United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Conscientious Objectors

    • Contributors
  • Aublay, Mary Ann Dupont
  • Barclay, Robert (1751-1830)
  • Delancey, James (1732-1800)
  • Dupont, Francis LeClerc
  • Fisher, Jabez Maud (1750-1779)
  • Fisher, Jabez Maud (1801-1876)
  • Fisher, Miers (1748-1819)
  • Fisher, Miers, Jr. (1786-1813)
  • Fisher, Redwood (1782-1856)
  • Fisher, Samuel Rowland (1745-1834)
  • Fisher, Samuel Rowland (1789-1812)
  • Fisher, Sarah Redwood (1755-1847)
  • Fisher, Thomas (1741-1810)
  • Fisher, Thomas, Jr. (1776-1798)
  • Gilpin, Joshua (1765-1841)
  • Gilpin, Thomas (1776-1853)
  • Warner, Benjamin (1786-1821)
  • Warner, Joseph
  • Warner, Lydia Fisher (1788-1850)

    • Contact information

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    Collection overview

    Series 1. Miers Fisher Papers,
    1761-1831
    Box (Boxes 1-20)

    The Miers Fisher section of the papers consists largely of incoming and outgoing correspondence and documents following Fisher's retirement from his law practice in 1793. It concerns family affairs and Miers Fisher's activities as agent for foreigners with business in Pennsylvania, but touches on other aspects of his life. Major Family Correspondents includes letters (1799-1812) from Lydia Fisher to her mother and father, Sarah and Miers, as well as her sisters and brothers, while a student at boarding school. Lydia's incoming correspondence, mostly from her parents, is also included.

    Miers Fisher, Jr., is represented by correspondence (1797-1812) to and from his family regarding family affairs and his mercantile business ventures in St Petersburg Russia, 1810-1813. Miers, Jr. died in Russia in 1813. His widow, Helen Gregoroffsky, a Russian to whom he was married for little more than a day before his death, is represented in the collection by correspondence to and from the Fisher family.

    Correspondence (1797-1850) of Redwood Fisher, son of Miers and Sarah, to his family provides information about his early education in Loudon County, Virginia, and includes letters from his father exhorting the boy to improve himself. Later correspondence reflects business and family affairs.

    Letters (1792-1817) from Samuel Rowland Fisher to his brother Miers discuss business and family affairs.

    Letters (1777-1819) from Sarah Redwood Fisher to her husband Miers discuss the family's separation from Miers was he was exiled in Virginia. Also included is a letter from Miers to Sarah near the end of his period of exile. Other letters between Miers and Sarah describe family affairs, as do letters from Sarah to her children and from her sisters-in-law. Correspondence to Sarah from Miers reports on his trips away from home.

    Correspondence (1774-1806) of Thomas Fisher to his brother, Miers, describes family affairs and some business transactions, with occasional reference to contemporary politics and prevalent sicknesses in the family.

    Miers Fisher's letters (1791-1798) to his son, Thomas Fisher, Jr. reflect Thomas, Jr.'s apprenticeship to a Baltimore merchant. There are also letters to Thomas, Jr. from other family members.

    Joshua Gilpin, nephew and business associate of Miers Fisher, wrote to his uncle about his business activities in Delaware, with reports on British manufacturing, technology, and public affairs. Correspondence (1792-1817) comments on personal and business affairs.

    Correspondence (1798-1812) from Thomas Gilpin to his uncles Miers and Samuel Rowland Fisher regarding business in Delaware and family matters.

    Major Family Correspondents also includes miscellaneous letters from other Fishers, Gilpins, and Redwoods.

    Major Other Correspondents includes letters to Miers Fisher from Maria Ann Dupont Aublay, who wrote from England concerning the estate of her brother Francis LeClerc DuPont and other personal news.

    Robert Barclay, a childhood friend of Miers Fisher, is represented by letters (1775-1817 on trade, public events, and personal matters.

    James Delancey's correspondence (1784-1794) concerns the estate of William Allen.

    The letters (1786-1793) of Jacob Duché refer to his American lands, with some mention of spiritual concerns.

    The correspondence (1798-1819) of William Fisher discusses Tobyhanna and other real estate in Northampton and Wayne Counties.

    Correspondence (1803-1812) from Elizabeth Galloway Roberts concerns her estate.

    There is also correspondence from John Audubon, a friend of Miers Fisher, information about Maryland lands from William Padley, legal papers concerning the Bank of North America and the Bank of Pennsylvania, and other correspondence from Miers Fisher's friends and associates.

    General Correspondence is composed of chronologically arranged correspondence, most of which concerns Miers Fisher's business transactions and legal practice. There are also papers regarding the administration of Miers Fisher's estate and other business affairs.

    Miscellaneous includes correspondence and documents pertaining to land in New York, northern Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and Tobyhanna. There are miscellaneous estate papers and other legal papers, as well as information pertaining to the Quakers exiled to Virginia in 1777-1778, including a draft of a portion of the "Journal of the Transactions of the Exiles," which chronicles the confinement of the exiles.

    Also included in Miscellaneous are deeds, poems, and printed materials.




    Series 2. Jabez Maud Fisher Papers,
    1775-1779
    Box (Boxes 21-22)

    Miers Fisher's brother Jabez Maud Fisher went to England in 1775 and died there in 1779. Letters are primarily from his friends and acquaintances in England, with some letters from home. The correspondence is personal with frequent mention of the state of affairs between England and the colonies, with later letters being more concerned with commerce. Letters from his family at home reveal the tenuous situation of the Quakers in Philadelphia during the Revolution. Among the correspondents are Joseph Guerney, Robert Ormston, and brother Samuel Rowland Fisher.




    Series 3. Jabez Maud Fisher [II] Papers,
    1820-1865
    Box (Box 23)

    The correspondence, mostly incoming, of Miers Fisher's youngest son Jabez Maud Fisher is primarily from friends and acquaintances and relates some aspects of Jabez Fisher's business activities.




    Series 4. Warner Family Papers,
    1810-1889
    Box (Boxes 24-25a)

    Miers Fisher's daughter Lydia married Benjamin Warner, a Philadelphia bookseller. Warner family papers include: Benjamin Warner incoming letters, 1810-1817; and Benjamin Warner's letters, 1815-1821, to Lydia while on business trips through Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Lexington, Ky., and Richmond.

    Benjamin died in 1821, and apparently his brother Joseph assumed paternal responsibilities for the children. There are several letters to Joseph from the nieces and nephews, particularly from John Warner, 1849-1851, while trying to establish himself in Pottsville. Joseph Warner's receipt book, 1830-1859, is largely for rent and taxes.

    Redwood Fisher Warner's correspondence, 1830-1868, consists primarily of school age letters from siblings and 1867 family news from sister Sarah Warner Lewis while "Red" and his wife are in Europe. Other items associated with Redwood Fisher related items are sister-in-law Jane Johnson's receipt book, 1840-1884, for general expenses, and Ella I. Yardley estate accounts, 1870-1889, Joseph W. Johnson, Jr., and Redwood F. Warner, trustees of Mary S. Yardley.




    Series 5. Redwood Family Papers,
    1801-1829
    Box (Box 26)

    General correspondence, 1801-1829, of William Redwood and William Redwood, Jr., merchants.




    Collection inventory

     

    Series 1. Miers Fisher Papers


    a. Major Family Correspondents


    Fisher, Lydia: correspondence
    1799-1812
    Box 1: 1

    Fisher, Lydia: receipted bills
    1814
    Box 1: 2

    Fisher, Miers, Jr.: incoming correspondence
    1810-1813
    Box 1: 3

    Fisher, Miers, Jr.: outgoing correspondence
    1797-1806
    Box 1: 4

    Fisher, Miers, Jr.: outgoing correspondence
    1807-1812
    Box 1: 5

    Fisher, Mrs. Miers, Jr.:
    1814-1815
    Box 1: 6

    Fisher, Miers, Jr., Estate
    1813-1815
    Box 1: 7

    Fisher, Redwood
    1797-1798
    Box 1: 8

    Fisher, Redwood
    1798-1806
    Box 1: 9

    Fisher, Redwood
    1807-1816
    Box 1: 10

    Fisher, Redwood
    1817-1819
    Box 1: 11

    Fisher, Redwood
    1820-1825, 1848-1850, n.d.
    Box 1: 12

    Fisher, Samuel Rowland
    1792-1793
    Box 2: 1

    Fisher, Samuel Rowland
    1794
    Box 2: 2

    Fisher, Samuel Rowland
    1795
    Box 2: 3

    Fisher, Samuel Rowland
    1796
    Box 2: 4

    Fisher, Samuel Rowland
    1798
    Box 2: 5

    Fisher, Samuel Rowland
    1800
    Box 2: 6

    Fisher, Samuel Rowland
    July-August 1802
    Box 2: 7

    Fisher, Samuel Rowland
    September-October 1802
    Box 2: 8

    Fisher, Samuel Rowland
    1803-1805
    Box 2: 9

    Fisher, Samuel Rowland
    1806
    Box 2: 10

    Fisher, Samuel Rowland
    1807
    Box 2: 11

    Fisher, Samuel Rowland
    1808-1809
    Box 2: 12

    Fisher, Samuel Rowland
    1810-1817, 1827, n.d.
    Box 2: 13

    Fisher, Sarah Redwood
    1777-1778, 1788, 1791-1793
    Box 3: 1

    Fisher, Sarah Redwood
    1794-1799
    Box 3: 2

    Fisher, Sarah Redwood
    1800-1810
    Box 3: 3

    Fisher, Sarah Redwood
    1811-1819, n.d.
    Box 3: 4

    Fisher, Thomas
    1774-1793
    Box 3: 5

    Fisher, Thomas
    1794-1806
    Box 3: 6

    Fisher, Thomas, Jr.
    1791-1794
    Box 3: 7

    Fisher, Thomas, Jr.
    1795-1798
    Box 3: 8

    Fisher, Thomas: will and related papers
    1806-1810
    Box 3: 9

    Fisher, Thomas, Jr.
    1791
    Box 3a: 1

    Fisher, Thomas, Jr.
    January-March 1792
    Box 3a: 2

    Fisher, Thomas, Jr.
    April-December 1792
    Box 3a: 3

    Fisher, Thomas, Jr.
    January-July 1793
    Box 3a: 4

    Fisher, Thomas, Jr.
    August-December 1793
    Box 3a: 5

    Fisher, Thomas, Jr.
    January-May 1794
    Box 3a: 6

    Fisher, Thomas, Jr.
    June-September 1794
    Box 3a: 7

    Fisher, Thomas, Jr.
    December 1794
    Box 3a: 8

    Fisher, Thomas, Jr.
    1795
    Box 3a: 9

    Fisher, Thomas, Jr.
    1796
    Box 3a: 10

    Miscellaneous letters (Fisher)
    1792-1800
    Box 4: 1

    Miscellaneous letters (Fisher)
    1802-1808
    Box 4: 2

    Fisher, Miers: outgoing correspondence

    Box 4: 3

    Fisher Miers: correspondence during journey to Northeast
    June-July 1808
    Box 4: 4

    Fisher Miers: correspondence during journey to Northeast
    August 1808
    Box 4: 5

    Gilpin, Joshua
    1792-1793
    Box 4: 6

    Gilpin, Joshua
    1795-1796
    Box 4: 7

    Gilpin, Joshua
    1804-1810
    Box 4: 8

    Gilpin, Joshua
    1811
    Box 4: 9

    Gilpin, Joshua
    1812-1817
    Box 4: 10

    Gilpin, Thomas
    1798, 1812
    Box 4: 11

    Miscellaneous letters (Fisher)
    1809-1811
    Box 5: 1

    Miscellaneous letters (Fisher)
    1812-1815
    Box 5: 2

    Miscellaneous letters (Fisher)
    1816-1818
    Box 5: 3

    Miscellaneous letters (Fisher)
    1850-1860, n.d.
    Box 5: 4

    Redwood Family to Miers Fisher
    1774-1817
    Box 5: 6

    b. Major Other Correspondents


    Aublay, Ann
    1792-1796
    Box 6: 1

    Aublay, Ann
    1797-1805
    Box 6: 2

    Aublay, Ann
    1806-1807
    Box 6: 3

    Aublay, Ann
    1808-1810
    Box 6: 4

    Aublay, Ann
    1811-1812
    Box 6: 5

    Aublay, Ann
    1813
    Box 6: 6

    Aublay, Ann
    1814
    Box 6: 7

    Aublay, Ann
    1815
    Box 6: 8

    Aublay, Ann
    1816-1818, n.d.
    Box 6: 9

    Aublay, Ann: DuPont Estate (Reinoudt suit)

    Box 6: 10

    Aublay, Ann: DuPont Estate

    Box 6: 11

    Audubon, John
    1791-1802
    Box 6: 12

    Audubon, John
    1803-1809
    Box 6: 13

    Audubon, John (regarding Miers Fisher as his attorney)

    Box 6: 14

    Bank of North America v. Bank of Pennsylvania

    Box 7: 1

    Barclay, Robert
    1775-1789
    Box 7: 2

    Barclay, Robert
    1790-1795
    Box 7: 3

    Barclay, Robert
    1796-1799
    Box 7: 4

    Barclay, Robert
    1800-1801
    Box 7: 5

    Barclay, Robert
    1802-1809
    Box 7: 6

    Barclay, Robert
    1810-1817
    Box 7: 7

    Books
    1769-1791
    Box 8: 1

    Delancey, James
    1784-1789
    Box 8: 2

    Delancey, James
    1790-1794
    Box 8: 3

    Delancey, James (documents)

    Box 8: 4

    Demottes, Lewis (estate)

    Box 8: 5

    Duché, Jacob
    1786-1789
    Box 9: 1

    Duché, Jacob
    1790-1793
    Box 9: 2

    Duché, Jacob (estate)

    Box 9: 3

    Duché, Thomas

    Box 9: 4

    Emlen, James (estate)

    Box 9: 5

    Fisher, William
    1798, 1804-1806
    Box 9: 6

    Fisher, William
    1807-1809
    Box 9: 7

    Fisher, William
    1810-1811
    Box 9: 8

    Fisher, William
    1812-1816
    Box 9: 9

    Fisher, William
    1817-1819
    Box 9: 10

    Padley, William: Maryland lands
    1784-1791
    Box 10: 1

    Padley, William: Maryland lands

    Box 10: 2

    Padley, William: Maryland lands

    Box 10: 3

    Padley, William: Maryland lands

    Box 10: 4

    Robert, Elizabeth Galloway
    1804-1812
    Box 10: 5

    Vining, John
    1775-1802
    Box 10: 6

    Wilmington School
    1771-1782
    Box 10: 7

    Wilmington School
    1783-1785
    Box 10: 8

    Wilmington School
    1786-1787
    Box 10: 9

    Wilmington School
    1788-1796, n.d.
    Box 10: 10

    c. General Correspondence


    1761-1779
    Box 11: 1

    1780-1786
    Box 11: 2

    1787-1789
    Box 11: 3

    1790-1791
    Box 11: 4

    1792
    Box 11: 5

    1793
    Box 11: 6

    1794
    Box 12: 1

    1795
    Box 12: 2

    1796-1797
    Box 12: 3

    1798-1799
    Box 12: 4

    1800
    Box 12: 5

    1801-1802
    Box 12: 6

    1803-1804
    Box 12: 7

    1805-1806
    Box 12: 8

    1807-1809
    Box 13: 1

    1810-1811
    Box 13: 2

    1812-1813
    Box 13: 3

    1814-1815
    Box 13: 4

    1816-1817
    Box 13: 5

    1818
    Box 13: 6

    1819-1831
    Box 13: 7

    n.d.
    Box 13: 8

    d. Miscellaneous


    "Journal of the Transactions"
    1777
    Box 14: 1

    Winchester Papers: remonstrances, petitions, etc.
    1777
    Box 14: 2

    Winchester Exile Papers, Journal of the Transactions
    1777
    Box 14: 3

    Fisher, Miers: diary of trip to Long Branch
    1787
    Box 14: 4

    Fisher, Miers (estate): correspondence
    1820-1826
    Box 14: 5

    Fisher, Miers (estate): wills
    1793-1814
    Box 14: 6

    Fisher, Miers (estate): accounts
    1787-1822
    Box 14: 7

    Government Papers: petitions, etc.

    Box 15: 1

    Government Papers: petitions, etc.

    Box 15: 2

    Legal Papers (Bucks County)

    Box 15: 3

    Estates, litigations, etc.

    Box 15: 4

    Estates, litigations, etc.

    Box 15: 5

    Legal docket
    June 1775-September 1776
    Box 15: 6

    Legal Miscellaneous

    Box 15: 7

    New York and northern Pennsylvania lands
    1797-1821
    Box 16: 1

    New York and northern Pennsylvania lands
    1822-1829
    Box 16: 2

    New York lands

    Box 16: 3

    Tobyhanna land
    1802-1808
    Box 17: 1

    Tobyhanna land
    1809-1813
    Box 17: 2

    Tobyhanna land
    1814-1815
    Box 17: 3

    Tobyhanna land
    1816-1817
    Box 17: 4

    Tobyhanna land
    1818
    Box 17: 5

    Tobyhanna land
    1823-1824
    Box 17: 6

    Tobyhanna land
    n.d.
    Box 17: 7

    Philadelphia land

    Box 17: 8

    Land (Fisher family)

    Box 17: 9

    Land (miscellaneous)

    Box 17: 10

    Land (miscellaneous)

    Box 17: 11

    Northampton land

    Box 17: 12

    "Receipts, Abstracts, References" (volume)
    1813
    Box 18

    Financial papers

    Box 18: 1

    Viscount D'Anville essay

    Box 18: 2

    Miscellaneous prose and notes

    Box 18: 3

    Poetry

    Box 18: 4

    Miscellaneous

    Box 18: 5

    Miscellaneous

    Box 18: 6

    Miscellaneous

    Box 18: 7

    Printed Material

    Box 19: 1

    Printed Material

    Box 19: 2

    Deeds

    Box 20

     

    Series 2. Jabez Maud Fisher Papers


    1774, March-August 1775
    Box 21: 1

    September-December 1775
    Box 21: 2

    January-March 1776
    Box 21: 3

    April-July 1776
    Box 21: 4

    August-December 1776
    Box 21: 5

    January-May 1777
    Box 22: 1

    June-October 1777
    Box 22: 2

    November-December 1777
    Box 22: 3

    1778
    Box 22: 4

    1779
    Box 22: 5

    n.d.
    Box 22: 6

     

    Series 3. Jabez Maud Fisher, Jr. Papers


    Correspondence
    1820-1839
    Box 23: 1

    Correspondence
    1840-1859
    Box 23: 2

    Correspondence
    1860-1862
    Box 23: 3

    Correspondence
    1863-1865
    Box 23: 4

    Correspondence
    n.d.
    Box 23: 5

     

    Series 4. Warner Family


    Warner, Benjamin: incoming correspondence
    1810-1817
    Box 24: 1

    Warner, Benjamin to Lydia Warner (one letter from Lydia's sister, Helen)
    1815-1821
    Box 24: 2

    Warner, Benjamin (miscellaneous)

    Box 24: 3

    Johnson & Warner
    1808-1816
    Box 24: 4

    Warner, Joseph: incoming correspondence
    1817-1839
    Box 24: 5

    Warner, Joseph: incoming correspondence
    1840-1844
    Box 24: 6

    Warner, Joseph: incoming correspondence
    1845-1848
    Box 24: 7

    Warner, Joseph: incoming correspondence
    1849
    Box 24: 8

    Warner, Joseph: incoming correspondence
    1850
    Box 24: 9

    Warner, Joseph: incoming correspondence
    1851, 1855, n.d.
    Box 24: 10

    Receipt Book
    1845-1882
    Box 25

    Receipt Book of Joseph Warner
    1814-1858
    Box 25

    Recipe Book

    Box 25

    Account Book
    1878-1889
    Box 25

    Warner, Joseph to Sarah Warner
    1830-1836
    Box 25: 1

    Warner, Joseph: stock certificates

    Box 25: 2

    Warner, Joseph: miscellaneous

    Folder 3

    Warner, John: miscellaneous

    Folder 4

    Warner, Redwood Fisher: incoming correspondence
    1830-1834
    Box 25: 5

    Warner, Redwood Fisher: incoming correspondence
    1840-1854
    Box 25: 6

    Warner, Redwood Fisher and Martha Ann: incoming correspondence
    1860-1868
    Box 25: 7

    Warner, Redwood Fisher: miscellaneous

    Box 25: 8

    Warner, Sarah: drawings and Miscellaneous
    ca. 1835
    Box 25a: 1

    Warner family: correspondence

    Box 25a: 2

    Warner family: miscellaneous

    Box 25a: 3

     

    Series 5. Redwood Family


    Redwood, William: incoming correspondence
    1801-1811
    Box 26: 1

    Redwood, William: incoming correspondence
    1812-1813
    Box 26: 2

    Redwood, William: incoming correspondence
    1814-1829
    Box 26: 3

    Redwood family: miscellaneous

    Box 26: 4