Box 3

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48 ALS and ms. copies 1757-1761

written by Richard Hill, Henry Hill, Peggy Hill, S. Hill, H. Scott, Richard Wells to family

topics (from notes filed with letters):

- descriptive letter of country house of Dr. Richard Hill in Madeira

- marriage

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40 ALS and ms. copies 1761-1784

written by S. Hill, S.H. Dillwyn, Charles Moore, Henry Hill, Robert Bisset, Thomas Lamar, Richard Hill, M. Lamar, Morris, D. Bisset, J.P. Moore to family

topics (from notes filed with letters):

- marriage of Henry Hill

- Sarah Hill marries George Dillwyn

- fashionable furniture

- death of Sarah Hill, wife of Joseph

Scope and Contents note 27 ALS 1770-1802written by Thomas Lamar, H.M., S.H. Dillwyn, Margaret Morris, Charles Moore, S.P. Moore, Rachel Moore, Rachel Wells, M.M. Moore, H. Scott, R. Hill, R.L. Bisset to familytopics (from notes filed with letters):- death of wife of Henry Hill- invitation from Henry Hill to young Bisset sisters to come to America- Thomas Lamar's wish to retire to America- book compiled by Milcah [?] Martha Moore, used at...

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19 ALS [no year]

written by M.N., M. Hill, R. Hill, P.H. to family

topics:

- chiefly letters to sisters

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6 ALS [no month, no year]

addressed to her mother, Margaret Hilles and to her aunt, Rachel Stewardson

topics:

- family life and news while her mother is away

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15 ALS 1821-1823

also typed transcript of “A Philadelphia Infant School in 1827” addressed to family members (chiefly to her mother)

topics:

- family news and Friends activities

- health concerns

- daughter Gulielma

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24 ALS 1824-1827

addressed to family (chiefly to her mother, sister and husband)

topics:

- family news

- death of her brother Richard M. Smith in 1826

- daughter Gulielma

- refers to death of her mother (1826)

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20 ALS 1828-1837

addressed to family (chiefly to her sister Rachel Stewardson)

topics:

- news of family and Friends

- health concerns

- Hicksite controversy

- school

- move of the household [to Haverford School in 1833]

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6 ALS 1838-ca. 1859

addressed to family (includes letter written by son of Rachel Stewardson to his mother with note from her sister Margaret Hilles, 1838)

topics:

- news of family and Friends

- relief effort for [?] by collecting old carpets

- children considering relocating elsewhere

- illness and remedies

- advice to her son not to neglect religious duties

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23 ALS [no month, no year]

addressed to family (chiefly to her sister Rachel)

topics:

- news of family and Friends

- Meeting

- health concerns