George M. Coates Jr. (1845-1894), 1857-1894

All the letters are written to family members, especially his Aunts Mary and Sally, and quite a number while he was a student at Haverford College. A number of the letters address business issues. To Aunt Beulah Coates. Haverford, Pa., 1860 10/7. [reports on becoming an editor of the Everett Society paper; had a Lincoln torchlight parade] To Aunt Beulah Coates. Haverford, 1861 5/5. [20 days since Lincoln called out 75,000 men and gave the "traitors" time to return to their homes, but the war will soon start after Lincoln retook all the property of the U.S.] To Aunt Sally [Coates]. Haverford, 1865 3/8. [the $10,000 needed to build Alumni Hall has been raised] To Aunt Beulah. Phila., 1870 11/10. [suggests she sell properties at 4 and 6 N. 2nd St. in Phila. if she can get $25,000] To Aunt Mary. Haverford College, n.d. [although there is no college rule against the playing of chess, "Timothy" opposes, since it takes the place of physical exercise] Note: If the "Timothy" referred to is Haverford principal Timothy Nicholson, then the date of the letter is between 1859 and 1861. To Aunt Sallie. Haverford College, n.d. [read report of attack on Fort Sumter; reference to rebels possibly coming north and that Fort Delaware is commanded by a Virginian, "a rank Democrat"; Henry Hartshorne lecture before the Loganian Society]