Taylor, Elizabeth Robeson Shoemaker (folder no. 5), 1847
Scope and Contents
Taylor, Elizabeth Robeson (Shoemaker) 1809-1855.
To Isaac Shoemaker, Hannah and Abraham Taylor. 1847. 25 items. Folder 5.
--Letter to Isaac, Cincinnati. Phil., 1mo. 21 1847, says, “...E. Hinchman came after dinner, to try to devise some means for preserving the remainder of Morgan's property (if there be any) and Placing him
in an institution for the insane.”
--Letter to Isaac. Plumstead, 1mo. 17, 1847, gives more details of Morgan Hinchman's incarceration.
--Letter to Isaac. Germantown, 4mo. 14, 1847, mentions Germantown (Mtg.) giving over $1000. for Irish relief.
--Letter to Isaac, Cincinnati. Germantown, 7mo. 2, 1847, tells of Morgan Hinchman's imminent release from asylum.
--Letters to Isaac, 9mo. 19, 1847, and to Abraham and Hannah Taylor, 10mo. 4 and 14 1847, tell of further developments in Morgan Hinchman's lawsuit against his family.
Dates
- Creation: 1847
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