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Letters to Coates family H, 1793-1902

 File — Box: 3

Scope and Contents

Letter writers include: H., M.B., Mary Haines, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute A.C. Hartshorne, Charles Hartshorne, Edward Hartshorne, M. Hartshorne, David Henderson, Lydia S. Hinchman, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, William Hodgson, Rachel Hopkins, Benjamin Hornor, Charles Hornor, Ellen Hornor, Jane Hornor, Joseph Hornor, M.E. Hornor, Rebecca Hornor, Sarah Hornor, House of Refuge, Harriet Howell, M. C. Hussey Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (Carrie Hooker). Hampton, VA, 1888 2/6. [thanks Mary Coates for $70 in scholarship aid to her]. Hartshorne, Anna Cope. 1897 2/24. Copy. [description of the last days of her father, Henry Hartshorne]. Hartshorne, Henry to Mary Coates. Germantown, Pa., 1887 4/22. [on the death of his wife, Mary]. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 1865 2/13. Benjamin H. Coates, M.D. reelected one of the vice presidents of the Society. Hornor, Sarah to Samuel Coates. Alexandria, 1803 10/5. [a rumor was spread that African Americans would start a rampage under pretext of a fire, and when the fire actually occurred, locals were convinced they would be murdered, but African Americans helped most in the face of the devastation]

Dates

  • Creation: 1793-1902

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use

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