Callender, Hannah (1737–1801)
Callender, Hannah (1737–1801)
American diarist. Born 1737, probably in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; raised in Burlington, New Jersey; died 1801; m. Samuel Sansom, 1762.
Traveled widely, visiting Quaker communities in Pennsylvania, NY, and New Jersey; recorded experiences in diary (1757–62), which was published as "Extracts from the Diary of Hannah Callender," in Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (1888).
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