Elizabeth Drinker and the Quaker Exile

Posted by on Mar 17, 2023 in | Comments Off on Elizabeth Drinker and the Quaker Exile In 1758, at the age of 23, Philadelphia Quaker Elizabeth Drinker began keeping a diary. In it, she recorded social calls, correspondence, the operation of her household, illnesses, births, deaths, and marriages. An avid reader, Elizabeth also recorded her thoughts on books she read. She continued her diary until the end of her life. Throughout the tumultuous years of the American Revolution,...
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Editor’s Letter

Posted by on Mar 17, 2023 in | Comments Off on Editor’s Letter This April 3 marks the 75th anniversary of President Harry S. Truman’s signing of the European Recovery Program, better known as the Marshall Plan. Pennsylvania native and former Army chief of staff George C. Marshall, Truman’s secretary of state, first articulated the need to rehabilitate the economic structure of Europe following the devastation of World War II in a speech at Harvard...
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World of Trouble by Richard Godbeer

Posted by on Jun 8, 2020 in | Comments Off on World of Trouble by Richard Godbeer World of Trouble: A Philadelphia Quaker Family’s Journey through the American Revolution by Richard Godbeer Yale University Press, 480 pp, hardcover $38 Fortunately, some historians are meticulous researchers, and their thoroughness inspires deep confidence in their narratives. And fortunately, some historians are skilled topic-choosers and narrative-spinners; readers are mesmerized by their...
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A Colonial Christmas

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on A Colonial Christmas The December holidays are ideal focuses for special exhibitions and activities at museums, historic sites, villages and history-oriented visitors attrac­tions throughout Pennsyl­vania. Eighteenth century Christmas observances are popularly re-created and inter­preted because many settle­ments on the East Coast were established prior to 1800. By interpreting this seasonal living history program,...
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