%eadnotat; ]> 5161dewh Deborah Fisher Wharton Papers, 1815-1876 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 1971 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, May 2002. ENG Deborah Fisher Wharton Papers, 1815-1876 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 1971 Descriptive Summary Papers, 1815-1876 RG 5/161 Deborah Fisher Wharton (1795-1888) 1 box; 0.25 linear ft. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728 Deborah Fisher Wharton (1795-1888) was a Hicksite Quaker of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Newport, Rhode Island, the wife of William Wharton and father of Joseph Wharton, the Philadelphia Quaker industrialist and philanthropist. She was a founder of Swarthmore College and served on the original Board of Managers. This collection is largely generalogical data on the Fisher, Wharton, and related families of Philadelphia, Pa., and Rhode Island. There are personal letters (1862-1874) between Deborah Fisher Wharton and her daughter Esther Fisher Wharton Smith, wife of Benjamin Raper Smith of Philadelphia. BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL

Deborah Fisher Wharton (1795-1888) was a Hicksite Quaker of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Newport, Rhode Island, the wife of William Wharton and father of Joseph Wharton, the Philadelphia Quaker industrialist and philanthropist. She was a founder of Swarthmore College and served on the original Board of Managers.

 SCOPE AND CONTENT

This collection is largely genealogical data on the Fisher, Wharton, and related families of Philadelphia, Pa., and Rhode Island. There are personal letters (1862-1874) between Deborah Fisher Wharton and her daughter Esther Fisher Wharton Smith, wife of Benjamin Raper Smith of Philadelphia.

 Arrangement

The collection is divided into four series:

Correspondence Diary Pictures Miscellaneous ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Accession information

Donor: Sarah A. G. Smith, 1971, 1990; Accession number: 90.24

The collection was given by Sarah A. G. Smith of Rhode Island from the family of Esther Fisher Wharton Smith, who was the daughter of Deborah Wharton

 Access

Collection is open for research.

 Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

 Preferred Citation

[Indicate the cited item or series here], RG 5/161, Deborah Fisher Wharton Papers, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

 Processing information

Received unprocessed in an envelope. Medical and cooking receipts added in 1990.

 Related Material

See also:

Joseph Wharton Family Papers, RG 5/162 SELECTED SEARCH TERMS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings: Researchers are advised to search by subject and author, when applicable.

Wharton family Fisher family Quakers -- Social life and customs DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS Ser. 1. Correspondence Letters to her daughter, Esther Fisher Wharton Smith 1862-1874 and n.d. Ser. 2. Diary Primarily genealogical data on Fisher, Wharton and related families of Philadelphia and Rhode Island n.d. Ser. 3. Pictures 2 photographs of her five daughters n.d. Ser. 4. Miscellaneous Medical and cooking receipts n.d.