Letters to: RWA- Evans, William, 1854-1897
Scope and Contents
RWA; Abbott, RS; Allison, RW [Satisfactory meeting of Hicksites at Crosswicks; wishes they could discuss White's schools, House of Industry, Sarah (Mapps?) Douglass]; Austin, Emily L; Balderston, Rachel E; Balderston, Samuel A; [Burnia?}, L; Candler J.; Collins, Rebecca; Conrad, Ted; Cope, LW [James Van Blascom reports on the receipt of books at the First Day School which will help poor children, some of them Black; they have established a new school for Black children on Lombard Street]; Douglass, Sarah Mapps (Background note: Born into Free Black family; Quaker who attended 9th and Spruce St. Meeting) [mentions her forthcoming marriage (to Rev. William Douglass), One of her students going to Africa with husband who wants to be a missionary; attended Ann Preston's lectures]; Elder, RN; Lieut Colonel William Evans; Digitized for the "In Her Own Right" Project Fall 2020
Dates
- Creation: 1854-1897
Access Restrictions
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