Box 29
Contains 85 Results:
Ray, Susan C. Letters received, 1862-10-27, 1862-11-21
1862-11-21: Foster, Ethan, Friends School, Providence, to Aunt [Susan C. Ray]. Condolences on recent death of "Lottie.
1862-10-27: Hazard, M. W. to Ray, Susan. ALS care of John W. Foster, Hopkinton, Rhode Island. ALS to her sister.
Bett, Eliza, Bayside, to Carter, Luther., 1862-11-19
Strong letter condemning in the "wicked rebellion" and enslavement in the South.
Bettle, E., Jr., Philadelphia, to ?, John, Philadelphia., [1860?] 08-20
Bettle mentioned flooding rain in Philadelphia and seeing the ship "Great Eastern" in New York. She was an iron steamship, the largest of her time.
Wanzer, Michael, Zanesville, to Deuel, George., 1858-01-29,
An account of WAnzer's travels through the South as companion to J. L. Eddy. Their visits included Baltimore Yearly Meeting, Washington, D.C., the Richmond slave market, North Carolina. With no Friends in the near area, they stayed overnight at a slave owner's home outside New Garden. Includes a typed transcript.
M.H. to Jeffries, Mary Ann Janney, 1860-02-27
Includes a section about Edwin Coppock, who was tried and convicted of treason for taking part in John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry.
