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Letters to Coates family T, 1845-1902

 File — Box: 4

Scope and Contents

Letter writers include: Alice N.T., Mrs. M.F. Talbot, Julianna R. Tatum, Lucy R. Tatum, Adelaide Torl?, W.P. Troth

Highlights include: Tatum, Lucy R. 1845-1902 and n.d. ca. 15 items Most letters are to Sarah Coates and speak of relationships, travel to Europe, interest in poetry, attendance at Meeting and many Friends/ acquaintances, death and books. To Sarah Coates. Ashley, 1845 12/28. [asks how House of Industry is faring; is sorry to hear of Henry Hartshorne's accident]. To Sarah Coates. Oakland, n.d. [reports that Inazo Nitobe has come to see the industrial institutions of the U.S., while his wife Mary (Patterson Elkinton Nitobe) and their adopted son have been spending the summer in a home in Malvern; thinks Anna Hartshorne is already in Japan]. To Sarah Coates. N.d. [refers to a daguerreotype taken, including one of her with two others in which they appear too "disconsolate"].

Dates

  • Creation: 1845-1902

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use

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