Box 1

From sister Lydia Schofield, Sadie Brouwer, cousin Martha Humphreys, about Martha teaching in N.Y. From Rebecca Shinn Ash to Samuel Ash.

From brother Ben Schofield, Aunt Eliza Bell. Death of Janie, John Brown, sister Sarah (Sallie) Schofield’s marriage to Samuel Ash, farewell address to students in July 1859.

Mostly to and from Sadie Brouwer, also from Elizabeth Jackson, Carrie Willetts, Aunt Jane Price Steamer trip, sister Sallie’s son born.

To Sadie, from cousin Marietta Ridgway. Reactions to war, return to teaching. W. Oldden Ridgway writes from military camp.

To Sadie, from W.O. Ridgway in army, teaching in Philadelphia, friendship with John Bunting.

To Sadie. From W.O. Ridgway, a cousin, Carrie Willetts just after her marriage, Sadie. Attending Episcopal church service with friend Anna Barnes, visiting sick, friendship with John Bunting.

To and from Sadie, from Anna (Webster?). Death of a cousin in the war, her work in the Philadelphia hospital, W.O. Ridgway’s return, the draft.

To Sadie about Wendell Phillips. From aid society sending hospital supplies, Jane Hillborn, a response to her first request to teach freedmen, a soldier named Edward Wilson. Program from benefit concert for hospital.

To and from Sadie about Edward Wilson, her vow not to marry, draft riots. From Anna Webster, John Bunting. Poem about Gettysburg.