Letters to, N-Z, 1860 - 1907
Scope and Contents
Letter writers include:
Mary S. Peabody, Caroline Pennock, Sarah A. Saunders, William Saunders, Townsend Sharpless, Anna Morris Shinn, Ellen Morris Shinn, Rebecca Shinn, Anna S. Shipley, George Vaux VIII, Sarah “Sallie” M. Vaux, Emily Wood, "Annie" (Johnson?), "Cornelia" (Ewing?), "Anna"
Some highlights include:
Commissioners of the Lower Merion Township, 1909 10/22. [response to her letter concerning the condition of roads]
Rebecca Shinn. Philadelphia, 1869 12/5. [re housekeeping]; n.d. [threatening note]
Anna Morris. Philadelphia, 1858 4/4. [with a note from W.H. Morris]
Levi Morris. Cadorus, Bryn Mawr, PA, 1865 8/26. [with a note to E.M.S. from Naomi McClenachan Morris, 1861 6/30]
Caroline Pennock. 1862 2/8. [ten crochet books lent to E.M.S, with crochet work (a piece of fabric) from "Miss Wooleston"]
AMS. Cairo, 1900 2/19; Alger, 1900 2/27. [postcard from trip]
Anna S. Shipley. Windon, West Chester, PA, 1869 6/8. [welcomes E.M.S. as a sister]
George Vaux VIII. 1871 2/4. [payment of E.M.S.’s share from “the Mortgage & other papers and checks” [of I.W.M. estate?]
Sallie Vaux. Niagara Falls, NY, 1861 10/20. [re trip to upstate New York]; Boston, 1861 10/27. [describes trip from New York to Boston via Syracuse and Utica]; "At home," Bryn Mawr, PA, n.d. [re hot weather and the week's activities]
Emily "Lill" Wood. Rome, 1891 5/10. [describes "absorbing classical interest" in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, and Greece and future plans to visit Switzerland, Germany, and France; includes a letter to Emily from "Aunt Pattie," London, 1891 4/30]
Dates
- Creation: 1860 - 1907
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Extent
30 items
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