Fisher, Joshua, 1775-1806
Joshua Fisher was the son of Thomas Fisher and Sarah Logan. Born on August 27, 1775, he grew up on the Logan Family land of Stenton House in Philadelphia, PA, where his parents built a house that they named Wakefield, after the house that Sarah’s father, James Logan, had built (or renovated) for his mother when he brought her from England in 1710. He married Elizabeth Powell Francis on January 12, 1806. Elizabeth was pregnant with his son, Joshua Francis Fisher (1807-1873) when Joshua died at the age of 31 on October 20, 1806.
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[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre - December 16, 1799]
Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister Ann Upshur Eyre, written from Philadelphia. She mentions see various friends in town such as Paschall Hollingsworth, Mr. Davis, and Ben Wilcocks, and members of the Teackle family..