Mrs. Hudson's Fine Books and Papers (Book dealer)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Henry T. Osborne correspondence
Collection — Othertype SC-291
Identifier: SFHL-SC-291
Abstract
The collection consists of the correspondence of Henry T. Osborne (1868-1896), a civil engineer and member of Weare Monthly Meeting, New Hampshire. The letters were sent to family and friends at home, most from Amesbury, Massachusetts, where he worked as a surveyor with John P. Titcomb (1891-1932). His family was involved in temperance and peace concerns. Henry's letters mention attending Quaker meetings, John Greenleaf Whittier, the religious views of P. T. Barnum, and visiting sites in...
Dates:
1890 - 1892
Price, Philip B. (b. 1824). Journals, 1834 - 1836
Item
Scope and Contents
Two soft cover journals. Written when Philip Price was 10 to 12 years old, the journals provide news of the family's daily life and attending Quaker meetings. Price was the son of Benjamin and Jane (Paxson) Price of Birmingham Monthly Meeting. He recorded that his father accompanied John Comly on a religious visit to Friends in Ohio and Indiana Yearly Meetings and mentioned Quaker friends and family, including Nathan Sharpless, John Jackson, Darlingtons, Kirks and many others. He...
Dates:
1834 - 1836
