Box 1

4 pages. Written to his wife, Rebecca Collins, while on an extended trip in England. Describes his social/professional activities, including his participation in a Peace Meeting. Also discusses various Quakers.

Subjects: Art, Chinese--Collectors and collecting; Quakers; Society of Friends--Wilburite controversy; Peace movements

Related Locations: Stoke Newington (London, England); London (England); Philadelphia (Pa.)

4 pages. Written to his wife, Rebecca Collins, while on an extended trip in England. Responds to Rebecca's correspondence and discusses his health, social interactions, and upcoming departure from England.

Subjects: Quakers--Family relationships; Sick; Quakers; Voyages and travels

Related Locations: Ipswich (England); Stoke Newington (London, England); London (England); Philadelphia (Pa.)

4 pages. Written to his wife, Rebecca Collins, while on an extended trip in England. Discusses his imminent journey home and shares news about his recent activities and various Quakers.

Subjects: Voyages and travels; Art, Chinese--Collectors and collecting; Quakers

Related Locations: London (England); Philadelphia (Pa.)

4 pages. Describes his travels in New York.

Subjects: Travel; Voyages and travels

Related Locations: Buffalo (N.Y.); Albany (N.Y.); Auburn (N.Y.); Utica (N.Y.); Rochester (N.Y.); Philadelphia (Pa.)

2 pages. Discusses news of friends and family, including Josiah Tatum recently fracturing his kneecap.

Subjects: Personal correspondence

Related Locations: Philadelphia (Pa.)

4 pages. Passes on news of friends and family, including several illnesses and deaths. Asks about Ohio Yearly Meeting, which his wife, Rebecca Collins, was attending.

Subjects: Personal correspondence

Related Locations: Philadelphia (Pa.); Mount Pleasant (Jefferson County, Ohio)

4 pages. Describes his journey to Newport, Rhode Island, and his son William Morris Collins's difficulties breathing and the medicines he took for it.

Subjects: Personal correspondence; Dyspnea

Related Locations: Newport (R.I.); Philadelphia (Pa.)

4 pages. Discusses his activities vacationing in Newport, Rhode Island, and his son William Morris Collins's difficulties breathing.

Subjects: Vacations; Dyspnea

Related Locations: Newport (R.I.); Philadelphia (Pa.)

4 pages. Mentions the death of William Cash. Describes his son William Morris Collins's difficulties breathing and the medicines he took for it. Discusses his activities while vacationing in Newport, Rhode Island.

Subjects: Vacations; Dyspnea; Diseases--Religious aspects

Related Locations: Newport (R.I.); Philadelphia (Pa.)

3 pages. Describes his son William Morris Collins's difficulties breathing and the medicines he took for it.

Subjects: Dyspnea; Personal correspondence

Related Locations: Newport (R.I.); Philadelphia (Pa.)