Edward Sharpless to Anna S. Reeve and Mary O. Reeve, 1886 - 1891

Edward was touring California, visiting Quaker meetings. He wrote that he did not like the climate in San Diego County and intended to return to the East, transferring his membership from Medford to 12th Street Meeting which he expected to find more congenial. Soon after, he decided to stay when the William Evans and family arrived at Elsinore. Mentions controversy in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting concerning granting certificates to evangelical Quaker meetings with paid ministry and singing. He wrote that he found a group of Friends with silent worship in Pasadena. Continued his visit north to San Jose. Found many familiar Quakers. He stayed with Joel Bean and traveled with him to West Branch, then Bean continued to Philadelphia for the Yearly Meeting. In 1887 5 month, Edward wrote that he was staying with Elisha Bye in West Branch, Iowa, and then moved on to Friends Boarding School, Barnesville.