Sidney George Fisher: Philly's Premier Diarist in the Era of Civil War

Historic Arch Street Meeting House

Join Daniel Crofts at ASMH on Wednesday, August 10th from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm as he discusses the writings and life of Sidney George Fisher.

This presentation will now be entirely virtual.

Sidney George Fisher kept a voluminous diary and observed the changing Philadelphia in the years before, during, and after the Civil War. Although not a practicing Friend, he had Quaker relatives who provided a context for his insights into the world around him.

Daniel W. Crofts earned his doctorate in History at Yale University in 1968 and taught at The College of New Jersey from 1975 to 2014. His most recent book, Lincoln and the Politics of Slavery: The Other Thirteenth Amendment and the Struggle to Save the Union, was awarded the University of Virginia's Bobbie and John Nau Book Prize in American Civil War Era History. Dan has recently published essays about Sidney George Fisher in The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography and The Journal of the Civil War Era. Dan's wife Betsy Crofts is a member of Newtown Friends Meeting. They live in Southampton, Pennsylvania.

This program is supported by T<a href="https://www.philaculturalfund.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">he Philadelphia Cultural Fund</a>.

<a href="https://www.historicasmh.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Arch Street Meeting House Preservation Trust</a> preserves, operates, and interprets the meeting house and grounds which will serve to increase public understanding of the impact and continued relevance of Quakers and Quaker history.Located in the heart of Old City, Philadelphia, <a href="https://www.historicasmh.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>Arch Street Meeting House is a museum, National Historic Landmark, and active Quaker place of worship. Constructed in 1804 on two acres of land deeded by William Penn as a burial ground to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Arch Street Meeting House has had an estimated 20,000 burials occur on its historic grounds.

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