Identity area
Reference code
P/P155/72/16
Title
Benjamin Fuller letters
Date(s)
- 1768-1997 (Creation)
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Series
Extent and medium
24pp
Context area
Archival history
Kathleen Ryan of the University of Pennyslvania created the transcripts from letters held in the Benjamin Fuller records, Historical Society of Pennsylvania [collection number Amb.3485]. She submitted the transcript to Kerby A. Miller via email on 2 July 1997.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Transcripts of three letters written by Philadelphia commodities merchant Benjamin Fuller between 1768 and 1784, correspondence between Kerby A. Miller and researcher Kathleen Ryan discussing the letters and forwarding her transcripts, and a photocopy of Fuller's will. Fuller wrote two letters to his brother Joseph in Cork discussing business and family. The third letter accuses John Mitchell, another Irish merchant based in Philadelphia, of deceit.