Box 2

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3 letters. Ohio, 1832 and 1853 -addressed to Jane B. Coates; his brother; his son, [J] [H] Coates -death of his wife, Jane B. Coates in 1852 -reflections on losing his wife

Scope and Contents 2 letters(photostat) from Levi Coffin, Cincinnati, 3 mo. 11, 1849 addressed to Emory D. Coffin -N. Carolina abolition -Emory D. Coffin's proposed move to Cincinnati (also copy of letter, Jan. 24, 1963, from Herbert C. Jones to the President of Earlham College and to Mary Hoxie Jones which accompanied photostat and gives background info. on letter) -(typed transcript) from Emory D. Coffin, Spiceland, Indiana, 1852 addressed to his mother(Althea Coffin) -selling goods and preparing to move to...

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7 letters. Richmond, Indiana, 1842-1856 -addressed to Samuel Boyd Toby, Providence, R.I. (6 letters) and to R.H.Thomas Toby -letters gift of Friends Historical Association, 1948; Thomas letter gift of Allen C.Thomas -Meeting for Sufferings "Appeal ... on the subject of slavery" -controversy within the Society of Friends (Wilburite separation) Yearly Meeting business -state of Society of Friends in Pennsylvania

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Levi Coffin (1798-1877) Photostat of letter and 2 typed transcripts of same. Cincinnati, 3 mo. 11, 1849 addressed to Emory D. Coffin (this is the same letter that is in folder 2) -abolition -Emory D. Coffin's proposed move to Cincinnati

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Letter. Whittier, Ca., Dec. 3, 1973 -East Whittier Friends Church -addressed to Edwin Bronner -also with article "East Whittier Friends and the membership of Richard M. Nixon" -Richard M. Nixon

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Letter. Utica, 2 mo. 26, 1847 -addressed to Clarkson T. Collins, N.Y., N.Y. -schoolwork -Fair at a Utica "asylum" where patients sold goods from their "whittling school"

Scope and Contents -Collins family reunion notice with portrait of Isaac Collins and illustration of homestead, also request of reunion loan committee -manuscript of essay "By what means can an individual in the capacity of a private citizen best promote the public happiness?" with notation "delivered 29. Jan. 1784", also typed transcriptof above -2 portraits of Isaac Collins gift of Caroline Allinson, 1940 -portrait of Isaac Collins -gift of Julia C. Collins, 4 mo. 17, 1935 -newspaper clippings on Isaac...

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Job Scott Collins (1795-1870) Letter. Jerusalem, Va. 7 mo. 16, 1849 -A letter to his wife, Ruth Collins, about his travels to Virginia, speaks of how a planter lost 20 people he enslaved and suspended labor on his plantation, mentions the free produce system and how it is the best plan to remove the “eavel of slavery”, talks about the kindness of the enslaved people and enslavers to the travelling party -also with note from Abigail F. Cornell to Ruth Collins

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4 letters. 1792-1823 -addressed to Edith Sharpless; Martha Jefferis -gift of Genealogical Society of Pa., 1948 (Edith Sharpless letters) -traveling and attending meetings in various parts of country

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Letter. New York, 9 mo. 2, 1887 addressed to Rebecca White -return from her travels of past year