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I-Mn, n.d.

 Item — Box: 92, Folder: 2

Scope and Contents

Recipients include:

Barclay Jarret, Isaac Jarret, (Sister-in-Law) Mary R. Jones, (Brother-in-Law) Owen Jones, Samuel Jones, William Jones, “W.J.,” Grange Judd, “Miss AK,” Charles Kainey, Thomas P. Knox/R.B. Longaker, C. Kugler, John Lambert, J.H. Levering, Joseph Lewis, Stephen Lloyd, Isaac Lodge, A.C. Logan, Susan H. Lord, Lower Merion Baptist Church, Lycoming County Mutual Insurance Co., “A.L.M.,” J. Chapman Marshall, Mark W. Mason, Charles McCoy,...
Edwin McKeever, I.A. Miller

Some highlights include:

Barclay Jarret. Harriton Mills, 1841 12/21. [expresses disappointment that Jarret will be leaving Harriton Mills the coming March]

Isaac Jarret. Cadorus, 1842 8/6. [gives amount still due to him from Barclay Jarret and asks Isaac to forward him that amount as he is “much in want of money”]

(Brother-in-Law) Owen Jones. 1834-1861. 22 items. Cadorus, 1858 3/14. [discusses the onslaught of influenza (“Spring Nip”) on the neighborhood and the Kansas Constitution]; 1858 4/19. [“…the more I see of political matters & the way the wires are extended & stretched the more I feel inclined to keep clean of them believing that thy position is a very unenviable one…”]; 1858 12/16. [copies portion of thank-you note from Samuel B. Morris for Jones’ delivery of government publications to his local library]; 1859 2/14. [mentions N.M.M. and C.W.M.’s upcoming visit to Washington and discusses local land purchases]; 1861 10/16. [discusses “Mother” Jones’ eye operation]; 1861 11/16. [writes happily about the Union victory at Port Royal and the capture of “Mason & Slidell the Confederate ministers to England & France with the lads who were to act as secretaries for them…”]

William Jones. Philadelphia, 1834 1/9. [encloses plans for “a house & spring house,” with a description of each]

Grange Judd. 1860-1864. 6 items. [re subscription to the publication “American Agriculturist”]

“Miss AK.” Cadorus, 1849 5/15. [re governess position]

Thomas P. Knox/R.B. Longaker. Cadorus, 1856. 3 items. 3/17; 4/9; 4/14. [asks them to adjust plans for the laying down of a state road starting from Spring Mill Road, terminating at the Lancaster Turnpike Road instead of Belmont Avenue]

J.H. Levering. Cadorus, 1856 3/24. [informs him that “our School” is filled to capacity and his daughter Sallie cannot enroll]

Susan H. Lord. Cadorus, 1851 10/7. [re governess position]

Lower Merion Baptist Chruch. Cadorus, 1855 1/9. [offers to sell the Church one or more acres of land adjoining the Church property]

“A.L.M.” Cadorus, 1849 3/6. [re governess position]

J. Chapman Marshall. Cadorus, 1864 5/16. [informs Marshall that he will not be renting the house on his property to him as he seeks a man to help him on the farm and would rent the house to him instead]

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Dates

  • Creation: n.d.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research use.

Extent

55 items

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