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- GLC#
- GLC00527.01-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- September 2, 1777 - December 31, 1777
- Author/Creator
- Fisher, Samuel R., fl. 1777
- Title
- Journal of the exiled friends in Virginia.
- Place Written
- Winchester, Virginia
- Pagination
- 1 v. : with inserts Height: 35 cm, Width: 22 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Daily journal of one of the company of Quakers suspected of disloyalty, detained, and exiled from Pennsylvania to Winchester and Stauton, Virginia during the Revolutionary War. Contains details of the imprisonment and removal from Philadelphia, mentions sympathizers met along the way, and comments on life in Virginia. Includes various letters, petitions, and official orders made regarding the case. Composed by the group as a whole, and probably intended as their official account.
Also takes place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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