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Letters from Rufus M. Jones, 1881-1886

 File — Box: 29, Folder: 8

Scope and Contents

To Edward Farr. [on getting together with other graduates of Providence Friends School] (Several other letters relating events and people at the school follow, often mentioning his friend, Charles Jacob), 1881 July 3; To Edward Farr. [invites Farr to come hear him speak at Haverford College on the poet James Russell Lowell], 1884 April 8; To Edward Farr. [“I have a pretty exalted idea of love, but your idea is practical and mine is only a theory...”], 1884 September 28; To Edward Farr. [Charles Jacob has become principal of a Friends school in Oxford, Pennsylvania, 1885 February 1; To Edward Farr. [expresses gratitude for their friendship over the past 5 years, having come to Providence “a green, backward, awkward boy extremely rustic in all my ways.”], 1885 June 20; To Edward Farr and Mabel. [enjoy teaching at Union Springs 3 January 2 hours/day, also, a good deal of time spent reading, but hasn’t made any fast friends], 1885 October 10; To Arthur M. Hussey. [has arrived in Glasgow, Scotland], 1886 September ?

Dates

  • Creation: 1881-1886

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

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