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Title

Journal or Visit to Upper Canada and Parts Adjacent

Authors

• Sharples, Joshua, 1747-1826

Call number

Mss040
(Swarthmore, Friends Historical Library)

Publisher

Friends Historical Library

Language

Primary language: English.

Origin

Date

1797

Place

Philadelphia County (Pa.)
Berks County (Pa.)
Lycoming County (Pa.)
Columbia County (Pa.)
Steuben County (N.Y.)
Yates County (N.Y.)
Ontario County (N.Y.)
Erie County (N.Y.)
Niagara County (N.Y.)
Livingston County (N.Y.)

Summary

Joshua Sharples documented his 48-day journey through Pennsylvania and New York in his journal titled "Visit to Upper Canada and Parts Adjacent". Sharples and his fellow Quakers Jacob Lindley, James Wilson, Oliver Paxton, and James Langstaff left on October 12, 1797 and returned to Chester County on December 1, 1797. They spend most of their trip meeting with other Quakers and former Friends, but did pass through a Seneca village on Tonawanda Creek.

Extent

87; bound to: 11 x 17 x .5 cm.

Subjects names

• Sharples, Joshua,1747-1826

Subjects topical

• Quakers - Pennsylvania
• Quakers - New York (State)
• American diaries--Male authors--18th century
• Lay ministry - Society of Friends

Subjects geographic

• New York (State)
• Pennsylvania

Genres

• Diaries
• Manuscripts, American--18th century

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