Box 5

Taylor, Abraham M[erritt] 1799-1873. 1832-1848. 47 items, Folder 1. [Letter, Burlington, 10mo. 29, 1836, contains dissertation on men's fashions] [Letters of 1848 concern his marriage to Elizabeth R. Shoemaker]

Taylor, Abraham M[erritt] 1799-1873. 1849-1860. ca.31 items, Folder 2. [Good illustration of Victorian preoccupation with sickness and death. Letters of 1855 tell of illness and death of Elizabeth R. S. Taylor]

Taylor, Abraham M[erritt] 1799-1873. 1861-1865. ca. 44 items, Folder 3. [Letters of 1861-62, written to brother, Jos. Taylor, who had accompanied John Hodgkin to England, tell of Civil War. Letter to Isaac Shoemaker, 4mo. 30, 1864, concerns contraband relief cause.]

Taylor, Abraham M[erritt] 1799-1873. 1866-1867. 39 items, Folder 4. Note: Mainly to his children

Taylor, Abraham M[erritt] 1799-1873. [Mainly to his children] 1868-1869. 34 items, * Folder 5. [Includes addition, Copy of a letter addressed to C. R. Ellis, 6mo. 15, 1869, saying his improvement in A. Taylor's house's heating system is inadequate and requesting him to come and do it right, before bill is paid]

Taylor, Abraham M[erritt] 1799-1873. 1870-1871. 28 items, Folder 6. Note: Mainly to his children

Taylor, Abraham M[erritt] 1799-1873. Receipts. 1871, 3mo. 1 - 9mo. 19. 43 items, Folder 7.

Taylor, Abraham M[erritt] 1799-1873. Westtown School Reports and receipted bills. 9 items. Folder 8.

Taylor, Abraham M[erritt] 1799-1873. Business and legal papers. 1826-1869. 26 items, Folder 9.

Taylor, Abraham M[erritt] 1799-1873. Miscellaneous letters to him. 1866-1873. 22 items, Folder 10.