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Box 23

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Contains 13 Results:

Margaret Hill Morris miscellany and Letters of Mary Robinson Morton

 File — Box: 23
Scope and Contents

Includes: 1790 memo about a visit to one of Morris' patients; copy of miniature on ivory of Margaret Hill Morris (1737-1816)

Letters of Robert Morton and Thomas and John Nicholson, 1811-1841, n.d.

 File — Box: 23
Scope and Contents

This folder includes: letters of Morton from 1811 to 1816 to his parents deal mainly with his schooling at Plymouth, Weston and Burlington; in the period 1837-41, the letters are to his sister Esther Morton Smith, mainly directed to her inHaverford with some medical commentary; two letters from Nicholsons to their cousin Robert Morton

Dates: 1811-1841, n.d.

Letters of Benjamin Smith, 1791-1793

 File — Box: 23
Scope and Contents

Letters are primarily from Benjamin Smith (1761-1793) to his wife, Deborah Morris Smith, a good deal on transportation, especially sailing, traveling friends; his last letter refers to appearance of yellow fever.

Dates: 1791-1793

Letters of Benjamin R. Smith, Daniel B. Smith, and R. Morris Smith, 1817-1881

 File — Box: 23
Scope and Contents

Includes letters from Benjamin R. Smith and R. Morris Smith. Letters of Daniel B. Smith include: Feb. 16, 1868 [refers to Milcah Martha Moore school fund at the T. P.Conrad school and another reference at the Gwynedd and Montgomery Township schools]

Dates: 1817-1881

Letters of Deborah Morris Smith and Account of Husband's death, 1791-1793

 File — Box: 23
Scope and Contents

Letters from Deborah Morris Smith (1760-1822) to her husband, Benjamin Smith, in Burlington and Philadelphia on family topics. The account by Smith on the death of her husband from yellow fever is in fragile condition.

Dates: 1791-1793

Letters of Esther Morton Smith, 1820-1848

 File — Box: 23
Scope and Contents The letters from 1820-1845 are written by Esther Morton Smith to her brother Robert Morton, they are family and community news letters, occasionally with reference to current and Quaker events, including: Sept. 3, 1822 [fine for evading quarantine laws is $500];ca. Sept. 19, 1823 [Bob is attending a "military" school which has their father upset] +; Sept. 19, 1823 [tells how much family misses him and her own tender feelings; "Friend Kimber's school is dispersed" on account of sickness;...
Dates: 1820-1848

Letter of Mary Smith, 1793

 File — Box: 23
Scope and Contents

To Deborah Morris Smith on death of her husband, Benjamin, from yellow fever. fragments

Dates: 1793

Letters of Mary Morton Smith, 1843-1844, n.d.

 File — Box: 23
Scope and Contents

To her brother, Benjamin R. Smith written from Quaker school in E. Whiteland

Dates: 1843-1844, n.d.

Miscellaneous/unidentifiable Smith Family papers

 File — Box: 23
Scope and Contents

Including fragments, poems, letters; 12 albumen photos of Smith family and others, including Lucretia Mott.18th-19th centuries.

Genealogical Information on the Smith and Wanton Families

 File — Box: 23
Scope and Contents

This folder includes coat of arms, seal, typescript material, some letters, and other miscellaneous notes related to the Smith and Wanton families