Letters to, A-L

Letter writers include:

Samuel and Sarah Ash, “Betsy,” Catharine Morris Brown, Mary Buckman, Richard and Lydia C.S. Cadbury, Q. Clarkson, (Cousin) E. Dawson, William Devar, Carrie Firth, Henry and Elizabeth S. Haines, Mary R. Haines, Haverford College, Elizabeth B. Hilles, (Cousin) Emily Hollingsworth, Mary Hoskins, Margaretta Jacobs, Mary Janvier, Frances Ann Jones, (Brother) Owen Jones, Richard B. Jones, “Julia,” Mary N. Logan

Some highlights include:

Carrie Firth. 1869 8/29. [announces the death of Owen and Mary Jones’ son Owen Glendower “Glennie” Jones that morning]

Henry and Elizabeth S. Haines. Philadelphia, 1870 4. [accepts invitation to J.T.S. and E.M.S.’s wedding and apologizes for their tardiness in responding]

Haverford College. Haverford, PA, 1883. [invitation to Semi-Centennial celebration]

Elizabeth B. Hilles. 1825-1826. 4 items. [N.M.M.’s friend from Wilmington boarding school writes of happenings at the school]

Mary Hoskins. 1824 12/8. [asks if N.M.M. has commenced studying history and recommends two books, “Morrell’s History of Greece and Rome,” to her]

Margaretta Jacobs. n.d. [requests that N.M.M. send her bonnet, two worsted dresses, two capes, and one pair of flannel sleeves for her trip to the shore]; n.d. [“Hints for vacation”: advises N.M.M. to read “15 to 20 leaves of Napolean [sic] daily… learn 6 terms in Locke, read, and understand, one letter in Wakefield, and examine every new flower that presents itself…”]

(Brother) Owen Jones. Washington, 1859-1876. 2 items. 1859 2/5. [expresses joy at her plans to visit him in Washington]; 1876 10/20. [disputes several of her claims about their mother’s will]

Mary N. Logan. Philadelphia, 1870-1874. 2 items. 1870 4/23. [declines N.M.M.’s invitation to J.T.S. and E.M.S.’s wedding due to “the present state of our dear S.M. Walker, & my own suffering from neuralgia…”]; 1874 6/2. [regrets misplacing a brown silk dress that belonged to N.M.M.’s recently deceased cousin Sarah M. Walker that she was going to give to Mary Jones; includes several newspaper clippings about the deaths of Hamilton and Martha Murray, Sarah M. Walker, and Catharine Raguet]