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Box 6

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Contains 20 Results:

Smedley family correspondence , 1857 - 1893

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Correspondence between children of William and Rebecca Webster Smedley: James, Samuel, Thomas, Rebecca, Deborah. 1857 (?) from Thomas Smedley, Rockland, to his father. Miscellaneous including receipt to Westtown School for tuition for Samuel and Thomas, 1847. William Smedley had inherited the Middletown farmstead, and the children were raised at the homestead he named "Social Retreat."

Dates: 1857 - 1893

Harriett Jones Smedley to children of William Smedley (1799-1866), 1867 - 1875

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Letters from second wife of William Smedley, Harriett Jones Smedley (1797-1882). They married in 1849, Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of the Northern District.

Dates: 1867 - 1875

Philena Yarnall Smedley estate, 1921 - 1944

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Thomas Smedley's widow. She was the mother of Lydia, Harriett, Walter, Horace, Rebecca and Emma Smedley and outlived her husband by almost fifty years.

Dates: 1921 - 1944

Rebecca Smedley, Westtown, to sister Hattie J. Smedley, Rebecca Smedley, Westtown, to sister Hattie J. Smedley

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Her note of 12mo 30 1877 from home mentions that they did not hang their stockings at Christmas so will do it on New Year's Eve instead..

Dates: Rebecca Smedley, Westtown, to sister Hattie J. Smedley

Deborah L. Smedley to dear sister, 1858

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Deborah L. Smedley (1841-1922), from Westtown where she is part of a group to create Westtown Female Literary Society. Deborah Lightfoot Smedley in 1869 married George B. Allen under the care of Chester Monthly Meeting. He was an Elder at the Meeting and died in 1922. Deborah's unmarried sister Rebecca (1839-19180, an Elder at Chester Monthly Meeting died at their home, "Social Retreat," in Media.

Dates: 1858

Deborah L. Smedley to [Hannah M. Smedley Taylor], 1861

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Written from her residence,"Social Retreat," Middletown, with description of a visit to Westtown. Typed copy.

Dates: 1861

Deborah Smedley to Elizabeth Sharpless, 1863

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To her friend Lizzie (Elizabeth Sharpless who married her brother Edward G. Smedley in 1865. At home in Lima (Media) at "Social Retreat." Her letters expressed her anxiety as brother Edward and their cousin George were drafted and not granted exemption as conscientious objectors.

Dates: 1863

Deborah Smedley to Elizabeth Sharpless , 1864-1865 and undated

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Deborah wrote about the Rebel invasion of Pennsylvania, return of the body of Charles Fox who died a prisoner of war in Nashville. Quaker and family news. She expressed hHorror at the death of Lincoln and attempted assassination of Seward. "Lizzie" married her brother 1865. Deborah married George Allen in 1869.

Dates: 1864-1865 and undated

Deborah Smedley Allen to Elizabeth Sharpless Smedley, 1870 - 1875

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Also includes an undated poem by Deborah on joys and sorrow of life

Dates: 1870 - 1875