Letters to, N-Z and miscellaneous
Scope and Contents
Letter writers include:
I.W. Roberts, Mary Roberts & Owen Jones, Thomas W. Smith, H. Thomas, Joseph W. Thomas, Sarah “Sallie” M. Vaux, L.M. Walker, Phebe Walker, Joseph Warner, Harriet S. Watson, Isaac Wayne, E. Wister, H.H. Wistar.
Some highlights include:
I.W. Roberts. 1825 1/21 [re discussion with Thomas Kittera and Naomi’s Estate business]
Thomas W. Smith. Philadelphia, 1821 10/13 [to Owen Jones, mentions that the clergyman who married Mary... Jones to Charles McClenachan is in town]
H. Thomas. Burlington, 1844 3/10 [re death of Mary Morris; studies and school work]
Joseph Warner. Philadelphia, 1830 3/26 [re Naomi’s estate: “I think that it was concluded last fall to agree to all that he then advised, which as far as I can recollect was to procure a survey of the lands & get an opinion of some competent legal character in Ireland, as to the precise title which Naomi holds...”]
Harriet S. Watson. Baltimore, 1852 6/14 [Mary’s deteriorating sight; boarding school: “Sister C’s school is unusually flourishing & has been so for the last year; she has on average fifty scholars & ten boarders; we number eighteen in family, no trifling number.”]
Isaac Wayne. Chester County, 1828 1/28 [congratulations on the end of Naomi’s lawsuit]
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This collection is open for research use.
Extent
15 items
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