The Winterthur Library

The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE 19735

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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Creator: Fisher, Samuel Rowland, 1745-1834.

Title: Travel journals

Dates: 1767-ca.1793

Call No.: Mic. 296.1

Acc. No.: [none]

Quantity: 1 reel

Location: microfilm cabinet

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Samuel Rowland Fisher of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the son of Joshua Fisher (1707-1783), in whose mercantile business he worked. The Fishers were Quakers. Samuel married Hannah Rodman. He was a grandfather of Joseph Wharton.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

Notes and journals written during voyages to and from England and Ireland, May 1767 to October 1768 and August 1783 to September 1784; journal of a trip to Charleston, South Carolina, November 1772 to January 1773; journal of a trip to parts of Pennsylvania and Winchester, Virginia, with John Townsend, April 1787 to June 1787; journal of a trip to Newport, Rhode Island, by stage and boat to marry Hannah Rodman, May 1793 to June 1793. In most places he attended Friends meetings. The records covering England includes notes on English manufacturers of textiles, glassware and ceramics, and Fisher's purchases from them. The journals of Southern trips include comments about slavery.

ORGANIZATION

The journals are filmed in chronological order.

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

The materials are in English.

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.

PROVENANCE

Original volumes are held by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia.

ACCESS POINTS

People:

Townsend, John.

Rodman, Hannah.

Topics:

Quakers - Diaries.

Voyages and travels.

Textile fabrics - England.

Glassware - England.

Pottery - England.

Slavery – United States.

Philadelphia (Pa.) - Description and travel.

Newport (R.I.) - Description and travel.

England - Description and travel.

Ireland - Description and travel.

Winchester (Va.) - Description and travel.

Great Britain – Manufactures.

Journals (notebooks).

Name index to the Notes kept during a voyage to England and Ireland, 1767-1768, up to about page 84 of the first volume:

Alexander & Nelson 14

Backhouse, James 18

Bamford, Thomas 33

Barclay, David & John 58, 60, 61, 63, 66

Beesley, Joseph 80

Bevan, Timothy & Son 83

Bowen, B. & Jno. 8

Broadbent & Bland 58, 59, 60

Broomhead, John & [illegible] 25

Brown, William 34

Bucknall, John 34

Burbeck & Co. 60

Cooke Lawrence & Relph 84

Cooper, John 75

Craston (or Crafton) & Colson [no page number listed]

Crawley, 'Theodosia & Co. 16

Cumberland Factory 14

Darlington & Co. 20

Divinity (Manufacturer) 33

Dowell, John 76

Eaton, Samuel 7

Elam, Emanuel 62

Falconer [ship’s commander] 75

Fisher, Joshua, & Sons 62, 64, 65

Fludyer, Thos. & Co. 84

Ford, Isaac 86

Gaskill, Samuel, & Co. 6

Gough, Joseph 8, 72

Hall, Robt., & Son 34

Harford & Powell 58, 60-65, 70, 86

Harpley, George 18

Heighington , John 58

Hollins 35

Hyde, R. & N. 8

Hyde, Robt. & Nathl. 72, 81

Jepson, William 61

Key & Lucas 58

Law (Manufacturer) 33

Lawrence, John 8, 72

Ledine's, Royaline's & Co. 27

Lee, Richard [Huckabucks?] 18

Lindoe(?), John 74

Marshman [or Marshaven], James 75

Morris, Jonathan 83

Neate & Pigon 76

Newman, John & Dennis 2

Nixon (Maker) 33

Ormistan & [illegible] Lamb 64

Oxley, Joseph 74

Palmer 35

Peas, Joseph 18

Pease, Joseph 73

Penn, Charles 3

Penn, John 3

Pennsylvania Packet [ship] 75

Phillips, T., & Co. 8

Phisick (Manufacturer) 33

Rawlinsons & Chorley 58

Reeve, William 81

Rose & Lowe 31

Smith, William 58

Springalle, Nathaniel 74

Starforth(?), John 65

Wallis & Bartlett 82

Whitwell, John 58, 63

Wright, Robt. 74