Box 4

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Rebecca had a letter from brother Peter and still hopes to hear from Benjamin. Family news.

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On 1 month, 1st, Hannah wrote to her sister Rebecca of the sudden death of her infant son, Joseph, born in 1819. Faded letter from Rebecca Thornton, James's second wife.

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Letter to Rebecca from Hannah Y. Yarnall to notify her of the death of their brother (Benjamin). The letter related that his daughter Anna Eliza would remain with Phebe Sharpless. Henry Warrington, Westfield, to Hannah Yarnall. R.R. Simmon to Rebecca from Puerto Rico.

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The letter notified her of the death of her step-mother, Hannah Thornton Yarnall

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Regarding a claim for veteran's benefit of Benjamin Yarnall. Confirmation forwarded with note by James Buchanan to William Wright, Columbia, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.

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Rebecca wrote 3 month, 31, 1824, that John Comly had visited and that Jesse Kersey was superintending the laying of water line. In her letter of 02-14,1825, she is disgusted by the tensions in the Society, which she calls "unchristian." In 1826 she wrote that she had planned a trip on which Anna Eliza could join her but had to cancel it. Two receipts concern John Comly

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2 letters. Rebecca's letters to her sister notes that her cousin William Wright is busy politically in Harrisburg concerning the establishment of a railroad (became the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad). She also reported on an Orthodox contingent who tried to attend the monthly meeting as members.

Scope and Contents Two letters to her sister Hannah Richardson, mention cholera epidemic and other concerns including her warm regard for cousin Benjamin Ferris. Also a letter dictated by Piercy Johnson, widow of Benjamin Yarnall, and written on her behalf by Sarah Noble. Piercy asks for money to help her get started in a business. Rebecca sent a small amount but explains the sad circumstances of her brother's impetuous marriage to a "camp girl" of 16 and that she is providing for the child of that marriage...

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Letters received and letters to her sister Hannah Y. Richardson. Letter from of Anna Eliza Yarnall, Newtown Square, to her aunt Rebecca.

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Letter to "Dear Aunt" from school. Benjamin's daughter, she was raised and educated by Rebecca.