Anna M. Ferris diary, 1881-1884

Attending meetings at Swarthmore, Quaker meetings, socializing with Whartons, Shipley, and others. Funeral train of President Garfield passed through Wilmington. Trip to Colorado in summer of 1883, returning via Niagara and Pennsylvania. In September, niece Matilda had a lung hemorrhage, awakening fear of tuberculosis that took her brother Frank's life. Anna mentions that as an only daughter, Matilda is the rock on whom her parents and others relied upon. In 1884 she is visiting Elias Hicks, Jr., who is residing in Media while his children attend Swarthmore College so not to be separated from them.