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Box 20

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Contains 78 Results:

Palmer, David and Rebecca, Putnam Co., New York. Correspondence received., 1815-1838

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1815-11-17, Smith, Deborah, New York, to Palmer, Rebecca, Putnam Co., New York. To Dear Sister, mentioned an influenza outbreak 1826-08-28, Smith, David P., New York, to Palmer, Rebecca, Putnam Co., New York, Dear Aunt, with family news. 1838-04-11, Smith, Joseph, New York, to Palmer, David and Rebecca, South East, Putnam Co., NY. Dear Uncle and Aunt, family news.

Dates: 1815-1838

Account of Mary Drinker estate taxes, 1815-1816

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Taxation of properties in Luzerne and Susquehanna Counties, Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1815-1816

Bettle, Samuel. George town, District of Columbia, to Jane, Bettle, Philadelphia, 1817-01-08

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Letter to his wife Jane. Bettle (1774-1861) married Jane Temple and was a member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. He visited Congress and Baltimore Yearly Meeting.

Dates: 1817-01-08

Cobb, Daniel, Gorham, Maine, to Hicks, Isaac, New York, 1817-02-25

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The letter touches on spiritual matters, the plight of the Africans. Daniel Cobb (1777-1859). Isaac Hicks (1767-1820), merchant and abolitionist.

Dates: 1817-02-25

To Dear Father, Solebury, Pennsylvania, 1818 10 month:

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An unsigned manuscript letter urging his father to divest an inn [tavern]. The author wrote that he had learned the danger of music, liquor, and dancing and now feared for the family of his brother Samuel who lived in the house.

Dates: 1818 10 month:

Moore, Benjamin, Milton, to Moore, John W., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1815-05-21

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letter addressed to Dear Brother and Sister discussing his personal weaknesses, especially relating to marriage.

Dates: 1815-05-21