by Linda Lee Graham | Life in the 18th Century, Voices Beckon
The cast of characters in Voices Beckon crossed the Atlantic in the winter of 1783-4, on a ship named the Industry. The ship itself was real enough. She sailed out of Bristol, England on November 7, 1783, destined for Philadelphia. She was a brig: a two-masted,...
by Linda Lee Graham | Life in the 18th Century, Voices Beckon
by Linda Lee Graham The Man Full of Trouble Tavern is the only pre-Revolutionary tavern surviving in Philadelphia today. The Neighborhood Built in 1759 on the banks of the swampy, mosquito-infested Dock Creek, the Man Full of Trouble was a humble establishment. It...
by Linda Lee Graham | Life in the 18th Century, Voices Beckon
Voices Beckon begins with David Graham sailing to America in the winter of 1783. While I do know he served a six year apprenticeship for the Philadelphia firm Hall & Sellers beginning in 1784, I don’t know if he was a current resident of America at the time, or if...
by Linda Lee Graham | Life in the 18th Century, Voices Series
Four enticingly thick, beautifully bound volumes grace my library shelves–each documenting a branch of my family tree, each painstakingly researched, compiled, and written by my mother, and each leaving me with the urge to follow the trail further, to forge the...
