Rebecca Shinn correspondence, 1849 - 1871
Scope and Contents
Letters include:
R.S. from Agnes Palmer and unidentified; R.S. to sister Elizabeth Shinn Haines, Shinn family, unidentified, Anna Shinn Shipley
Some highlights include:
From Agnes Palmer. 1865 6/6 [re declining health of "our dear Macre"].
To sister Elizabeth Haines. 1871 9/9 2 items [describing travels and wedding]
Shinn family. 1854. 2 items. Westtown, 3/28 ["Time goes on very smoothly, in preparation for the final crash at Examination, which is near enough to make me wish it "further".]
To unidentified [re night in Fall River Line Shower en route to Newport]
Anna Shinn Shipley. 1849-1875. 10 items. Westtown, 1849 5/8 [re initial response to Westtown: "I don't see how so many girls can be unhappy here for there are some who are continually homesick... I for my part love the place, the school, and more than all teach Elizabeth who is a perfect mother to us..."]. 1874 11/15 [re social family events and get togethers: "I get dreadfully puzzled with some of these people to know whether they're my relations, or Henry's"]
Dates
- Creation: 1849 - 1871
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Extent
15 items
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