Benjamin Mifflin journal

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unitid

{"value"=>"4546", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 4546", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1762", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1762"}

date_inclusive_start

1762

date_inclusive_end

1762

keydate

1762

unittitle

{"value"=>"Benjamin Mifflin journal"}

physdesc

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repository

{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Record of a journey on horseback taken by Philadelphia merchant Benjamin Mifflin (1718-1787) from Philadelphia to Dover, Delaware, between 26 July and 14 August, 1762. Mifflin traveled through Chester, Wilmington, Ogletown, and Charlestown, Delaware; and through Bushtown, Baltimore, Annapolis, Kent Island, and Queenstown, Maryland to Dover, where he visited relatives and transacted private business, returning through Delaware to Philadelphia. Diary describes towns, shipping facilities and mills, persons met with, relatives of Shurmer and Loockerman families, travel conditions, etc."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Benjamin Mifflin journal, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Mifflin, Benjamin, 1718-1787", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Benjamin Mifflin (1718-1787) was a merchant of Philadelphia, and partner in the firm of Mifflin and Massey.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Record of a journey on horseback taken by Philadelphia merchant Benjamin Mifflin (1718-1787) from Philadelphia to Dover, Delaware, between 26 July and 14 August, 1762. Mifflin traveled through Chester, Wilmington, Ogletown, and Charlestown, Delaware; and through Bushtown, Baltimore, Annapolis, Kent Island, and Queenstown, Maryland to Dover, where he visited relatives and transacted private business, returning through Delaware to Philadelphia. Diary describes towns, shipping facilities and mills, persons met with, relatives of Shurmer and Loockerman families, travel conditions, etc.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Clarence L. and Theordore Merritt, 1934.</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Kit Messick</span>, <span class=\"date\">2013</span></p>"}

altformavail

{"value"=>"<p>Also printed in the Bulletin of the New York Public Library, vol. 39, pp. 423-438, edited by Victor Hugo Paltsits.</p>"}

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 folder)

date_start

1762

date_end

1762

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