Box 18

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Recipients include Anne Garrett and Edward Garrett.

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Writers include William Biddle (nephew), John Cooke, Margaret M. McCollin, Thomas Garrett McCollin, Joel Wilson. Letter from William Biddle includes an (undated) account of a Quarterly Meeting in which he offers quick reviews of those who spoke, including Mary Ann Loyd, whose "ministry is far from edifying to some of us."

Scope and Contents Recipients include Ann Garrett (sister), Sarah Garrett (mother), 'J + M McCollin,' the James Garrett McCollin family, James Garrett McCollin, 'Children.' Letter to Ann Garrett, not dated. Includes an incident in which an Irish teenager set his dog on a young black child. The black child' mother attempted to come to the rescue. She was in turn attacked by the father of the teenager and murdered. Garrett's response is frustration when the killer goes free: "according to the Dred Scott...

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Writers include --- Ferris, on the death of Mary Garrett.

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Recipients include Fanny B. McCollin (sister), James Garrett McCollin (father), 'Aunt.' Letters to her sister and father were sent during her time at Westtown School.

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Recipients include 'daughter,' 'wife' (Margaret). One of the letters to his wife (though at the time they were not married or engaged) includes a short lock of blonde hair. This letter writes of unspecified difficulties with their meeting or Quaker process which prevented their marriage. This letter is dated 1848; the letter addressed to "wife" is undated.