Letters of Addison Hutton, 1862-1866

60 items - To mother, Philadelphia, 9 mo. 11, 1862, [discusses schooling of brother and sister, speaks of the draft and possible invasion of Pennsylvania] - To Mary, Pottsville, 9 mo. 17, 1862, [asks if Finley has claimed exemption to the draft as permitted Friends by state constitution] - To Finley, Pottsville, 9 mo. 24, 1862, [advising Finley not to accept draft if it comes and says he himself won't go, though would rather go "than lose my life"] - To Finley, Philadelphia, 1 mo 6, 1863, [reports that Friends are providing clothing to Contrabands (Freedmen) in Mississippi as noted in The Friend (vol. 36)] - To mother, Philadelphia, 9 mo. 9, 1863, [tells of new office of his own on Chestnut St.] - To Finley, Philadelphia, 2 mo. 1, 1865, [tells of going into oil business] - To Mary, Philadelphia, 4 mo. 1, 1866, [re Mary's possible disownment by Quaker meeting for having married a non-Quaker and how she should react]