Dilworth, Joseph
Person
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Joseph Dilworth Diary
Collection
Identifier: SC 01003
Scope and Contents
Diary of Joseph Dilworth, a Quaker schoolmaster of Chester County and Germantown, Pennsylvania. Includes detail about spiritual anguish and his battle with consumption. Also included is his reaction to the news of the burning of Washington, D.C., by British soldiers on 24 August 1814. The final entry in this diary was written by a different hand than the bulk of the diary. Also included is the flyleaf from an unidentified diary, dated 1807, as well as miscellaneous excerpts of poetry.
Dates:
1814-1815
Found in:
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