Sidney George Fisher diaries at Mount Harmon
Abstract
This collection contains photocopies of the diaries written by Sidney George Fisher (1809-1871) of his life at Mount Harmon, a plantation located in Cecil County, Maryland. Some of the topics Fisher wrote about in his diaries include agriculture, slavery, the South, and his social life.
Dates
- 1837-1850
Creator
- Fisher, Sidney George, 1809-1871 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
1.7 Linear Feet (2 flat boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The photocopies were made in 1970 from the original diaries held at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Scope and Contents
Sidney George Fisher's diaries at Mount Harmon dealt rather exclusively with his life at this Cecil County, Maryland farm from 1837 through 1850. Within this particular time, Fisher commented a great deal on agricultural aspects such as the prices of crops, the techniques of increasing crop production per acre, and landscaping.
Eventually, the topics of slavery and the South began to occupy more and more of his diaries. Fisher, a Philadelphia lawyer with a Southern aristocratic heritage, was an elitist who characterized the workings of the Federal government as an instrument of the mob. A romantic in his glorification in and of physical nature, Fisher's social perspective was that of a Hamilitonian aristocrat.
Creator
- Fisher, Sidney George, 1809-1871 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Sidney George Fisher diaries at Mount Harmon
- Status
- Under Revision
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Revision Statements
- 2019-12-14: Manually entered into ArchivesSpace by .
Repository Details
Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750
specialcollections@mdhistory.org