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Custodial History

This collection was formerly identified as Mss. Acc. 2010.702.

Preferred Citation

Joseph Dilworth Diary, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

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.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Quakers--United States--History--19th century
• Teachers--Diaries
• United States--History--War of 1812