Elizabeth Farmar letterbook, 1774-1789
Permanent ID:
11296Call number:
Am .063Date:
1774 – 1789Image Description:
Collected letters of Eliza Farmer, third wife of Dr. Richard Farmer of Kensington, to her nephew, Jack Halroyd, clerk in the East India Company, London.The letters, written from Philadelphia, are mainly personal, but they contain comments on the embargo on tea, the non-importation act, secret session of Congress, rumors of bombardment of Boston, military preparedness, and commercial activities. Included are medical recipies written at a later date.
Address:
PhiladelphiaKensington