Box 118

Scope and Contents Letter writers include: Thomas Scattergood, Hudson Shaw, (Aunt) Hannah Shinn, Josiah H. Shinn, (Brother) Samuel E. Shinn, (Sister) Anna Shinn Shipley, C.M. Shipley, Samuel R. Shipley, Robert Shoemaker, Albert H. Smith, Amelia Smith, D.C. Wharton Smith, Horace J. Smith, Nathaniel Newton Stokes, John Thompson, William P. Thompson, George Vaux, Sallie Vaux, Herbert Welsh, John Whitall, Jonas WinterSome highlights include:Josiah H. Shinn. 1890-1903. 3 items. ...

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Note: Contents are written from the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada, of which Saunders was the director. They describe life on the farm, the distinguished scientists that come through, and a 1904 trip to the United Kingdom.

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Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, 1907 7/14. [relates his trip to Prince Albert, with newspaper clipping of his 50th wedding anniversary]

Scope and Contents Note: Includes several letters to J.T.S. at Westtown (1848-49), some from the 1850s, and two from the 1860s. Most give news from home and about the family.Some highlights include:Sarah C. Shinn. Philadelphia, 1848 or 1849, 7/20. [commends J.T.S. for not being "among the foolish ones collected for misbehavior" at Westtown]; Philadelphia, 1863 8/30. [offers sympathy for Ellen M. Shinn's inability to join J.T.S. in Newport due to her health]E.S. ...

Scope and Contents Note: Included in this folder is an envelope of newspaper clippings of the "Grind through the Catskills" series that E.S. Jr. wrote for the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin in 1861 under the pseudonym "Lear"Some highlights include:Philadelphia, 1848 or 1849. [mentions visiting the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts]Philadelphia, 1858 12/29. [urges J.T.S. not to go to Niagara Falls with him as their mother suggested]Philadelphia, 1863 9/3. ...

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Items from 1869 concerning their engagement, her parents' reactions to it, and happenings around Cadorus. 3 items.

Items from 1904 during J.T.S. and A.S.M.'s trip to England, with newspaper clippings. 10 items.

Scope and Contents Highlights include:1855 8/9 "A miserable plan, James, a most miserable plan to say bad words..."1856 7/17 to "Jim" from "R": "I can't write, don't want to write, and almost say I won't write.""First day eve": "James, my dear, thou art a good boy--yet was it good to put me under another load of debt?"List of weather for January-April...

Scope and Contents Highlights include: Emma Morris [Shinn] to "my dear little sister," n.d. "I wish thee would write to me every week as Katie does."1864 12/24: "My dear brother James will perhaps accept this "mackinaw" from Sister Lill..."1866 7/8: to "my best beloved brother" with a drawing of a horse and carriage in the rain, pulling a wagon1874 2/13 "My heart is full of empathy for your sad loss"1891 6/18 with clipping about Harris School of Science/Doshisha...