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Box 1

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Contains 13 Results:

Letters received by Mary B. Sharpless and Townsend Sharpless, 1815-1816

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Most are letters from Townsend to his wife Mary. Townsend was a successful Philadelphia dry-goods merchant.

Dates: 1815-1816

Journal, visit to friends in Upper Canada and parts adjacent, 1797

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Ms journal, on religious visit with committee appointed by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.

Dates: 1797

Journal, "Some account of a journey into the Indian country", 1798

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"Feeling an engagement of mind to join John Pierce in a visit to the Indian natives of this land..." Scanned 2015 for Quakers and Indians Project. Also acid free photocopy. Incomplete second journal of same journey deposited by John Foster, stored with RG5/221, Foster-Meyers Family Papers, together with typed transcript.

Dates: 1798