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Contains 10 Results:

Diary, 1848 February 23-July 8

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: In his diaries, John Stephen Benezet gives brief descriptions of his daily activities and observations of life in antebellum Philadelphia from 1838 to 1850. By the time he begins to keep these journals, Benezet is already a husband and father supporting a family of at least four children as a clerk in the United States Mint in Philadelphia. He gives no account of his own childhood and family history. His writing style suggests that Benezet was a man of measured precision and accounting. As...
Dates: 1848 February 23-July 8

Diary, 1834 December 26-1838 January 1

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: In his diaries, John Stephen Benezet gives brief descriptions of his daily activities and observations of life in antebellum Philadelphia from 1838 to 1850. By the time he begins to keep these journals, Benezet is already a husband and father supporting a family of at least four children as a clerk in the United States Mint in Philadelphia. He gives no account of his own childhood and family history. His writing style suggests that Benezet was a man of measured precision and accounting. As...
Dates: 1834 December 26-1838 January 1

Diary, 1848 July 19-August 20

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: In his diaries, John Stephen Benezet gives brief descriptions of his daily activities and observations of life in antebellum Philadelphia from 1838 to 1850. By the time he begins to keep these journals, Benezet is already a husband and father supporting a family of at least four children as a clerk in the United States Mint in Philadelphia. He gives no account of his own childhood and family history. His writing style suggests that Benezet was a man of measured precision and accounting. As...
Dates: 1848 July 19-August 20

Diary, 1849 May 17-June 4

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: In his diaries, John Stephen Benezet gives brief descriptions of his daily activities and observations of life in antebellum Philadelphia from 1838 to 1850. By the time he begins to keep these journals, Benezet is already a husband and father supporting a family of at least four children as a clerk in the United States Mint in Philadelphia. He gives no account of his own childhood and family history. His writing style suggests that Benezet was a man of measured precision and accounting. As...
Dates: 1849 May 17-June 4

Diary, 1849 June 13-September 18

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: In his diaries, John Stephen Benezet gives brief descriptions of his daily activities and observations of life in antebellum Philadelphia from 1838 to 1850. By the time he begins to keep these journals, Benezet is already a husband and father supporting a family of at least four children as a clerk in the United States Mint in Philadelphia. He gives no account of his own childhood and family history. His writing style suggests that Benezet was a man of measured precision and accounting. As...
Dates: 1849 June 13-September 18

Diary, 1849 September 27-1850 January 24

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: In his diaries, John Stephen Benezet gives brief descriptions of his daily activities and observations of life in antebellum Philadelphia from 1838 to 1850. By the time he begins to keep these journals, Benezet is already a husband and father supporting a family of at least four children as a clerk in the United States Mint in Philadelphia. He gives no account of his own childhood and family history. His writing style suggests that Benezet was a man of measured precision and accounting. As...
Dates: 1849 September 27-1850 January 24

Diary, 1850 January 27-May 24

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: In his diaries, John Stephen Benezet gives brief descriptions of his daily activities and observations of life in antebellum Philadelphia from 1838 to 1850. By the time he begins to keep these journals, Benezet is already a husband and father supporting a family of at least four children as a clerk in the United States Mint in Philadelphia. He gives no account of his own childhood and family history. His writing style suggests that Benezet was a man of measured precision and accounting. As...
Dates: 1850 January 27-May 24

Diary, 1850 May 29-September 28

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: In his diaries, John Stephen Benezet gives brief descriptions of his daily activities and observations of life in antebellum Philadelphia from 1838 to 1850. By the time he begins to keep these journals, Benezet is already a husband and father supporting a family of at least four children as a clerk in the United States Mint in Philadelphia. He gives no account of his own childhood and family history. His writing style suggests that Benezet was a man of measured precision and accounting. As...
Dates: 1850 May 29-September 28

Diary, 1850 October 5-December 18

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: In his diaries, John Stephen Benezet gives brief descriptions of his daily activities and observations of life in antebellum Philadelphia from 1838 to 1850. By the time he begins to keep these journals, Benezet is already a husband and father supporting a family of at least four children as a clerk in the United States Mint in Philadelphia. He gives no account of his own childhood and family history. His writing style suggests that Benezet was a man of measured precision and accounting. As...
Dates: 1850 October 5-December 18

Notes of Helen B. Porter and other material about the Porter family, 1892-1947

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: In his diaries, John Stephen Benezet gives brief descriptions of his daily activities and observations of life in antebellum Philadelphia from 1838 to 1850. By the time he begins to keep these journals, Benezet is already a husband and father supporting a family of at least four children as a clerk in the United States Mint in Philadelphia. He gives no account of his own childhood and family history. His writing style suggests that Benezet was a man of measured precision and accounting. As...
Dates: 1892-1947