Box 2

Scope and Contents 8 items, including to Mrs. Rebecca H. Coates (mother). New Orleans, 1848 4/24. [describes trip from Cuba and Belize to New Orleans, visiting family along the way] subsequent letters continue the description of this and other trips, including to Trinidad stating he prefers traveling; to Misses Coates, n.d. [asks if building has begun on the lot where Thomas P. Cope's house stood; asks if they will come to Haverford College during exams and graduation when they will hear the new Haverford...

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Letter writers include: Joseph Sanders Coates, Josiah L. Coates, Laura Coates, Malcolm Coates.

Highlights include: Coates, Laura Lloyd. 1881-1902 and n.d. 5 items, including letters from Dresden, Germany, in 1896 and 1897 to her aunts on family matters, including scarlet fever

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All but two items from Mary Coates (1815-1913). All are family letters on family matters, such as health (including cholera), clothing, family members, one resigning membership as a manager of the Old Man's Home; three written from Westtown School and all of uncertain date. The two letters from Mary Coates Jr. are written from Dresden at the same time as Laura Coates and where she studies German, and from Switzerland

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Lengthy letters are to her family, filled with family concerns and local news, but are also philosophical

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Letter writers include: Reynell Coates; S. Coates; Samuel A. Coates

Highlights include: Coates, Reynell to parents. Mauritius, 1824 1/13. [mentions the slavery system in Mauritius and that his next stop will be Calcutta with no stops in Batavia or Bourbon] Coates, S. Cheltenham, 1830 8/21. [includes account of Elizabeth E. Randolph's death]

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Letters concerning family health