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Benjamin Mifflin journal
- Title
- Benjamin Mifflin journal, 1762.
- Author
- Mifflin, Benjamin, 1718-1787.
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Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 4546 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Description
- .1 linear foot (1 folder)
- Summary
- Record of a journey on horseback taken by Philadelphia merchant Benjamin Mifflin (1718-1787) from Philadelphia to Dover, Delaware, between 26 July and 14 August, 1762. Mifflin traveled through Chester, Wilmington, Ogletown, and Charlestown, Delaware; and through Bushtown, Baltimore, Annapolis, Kent Island, and Queenstown, Maryland to Dover, where he visited relatives and transacted private business, returning through Delaware to Philadelphia. Diary describes towns, shipping facilities and mills, persons met with, relatives of Shurmer and Loockerman families, travel conditions, etc.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Diaries.
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Publications (note)
- Printed in the Bulletin of the New York Public Library, vol. 39, pp. 423-438, edited by Victor Hugo Paltsits.
- Call Number
- MssCol 4546
- OCLC
- 865023020
- Author
- Mifflin, Benjamin, 1718-1787.
- Title
- Benjamin Mifflin journal, 1762.
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Publications
- Printed in the Bulletin of the New York Public Library, vol. 39, pp. 423-438, edited by Victor Hugo Paltsits.
- Occupation
- Merchants Pennsylvania 18th century.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 4546