Box 18

Scope and Contents Letter from John McCollin, 1859/12/8. Devoted to the question of slavery and secession. McCollin says, reacting to a rumor that "the chivalrous South" would be drawing and quartering John Brown's corpse, "it is a sad warning to all who undertake to use force instead of moral weapons." Also includes a debate about slavery and union: "Do we love union? Then we must make slavery a national institution. The question then is what is preferable: to preserve this union, or to obey the laws of...

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Writers include R.S. and H.B. Abbott, Sara E. Pickett, Benjamin Vail (her husband, writing regarding his illness and their apparent separation), James G. Vail (her son, writing from Westtown Boarding School over the course of several years), Sina R. Walter.

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Writers include George Abbott, James R. Pennell and Lydia Allen, Charles Perry, James G. Vailand. Many offer sympathies for his illness, which appears to have been nerve- related and chronic.

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Contents include: Letter from Danwart Stephen to 'M.,' 1820 Letter from 'Auntie' to 'Mary,' 1861 Letter from 'Henry' to 'Brother,' 1862 Letter to 'Mother,' 1877 Letter from Abigail Hutchinson, 1880 Letter from C. Shepard to niece, 1884 Letter from 'M.G.S.' to nephew, 1889 Letter from 'Alfred' to aunt, 1901