Box 3

An extract transcribed by Susanna Smedley?) to Edith Sharpless, daughter of Susanna Kite Sharpless, from her mother's sister Rebecca

With an invitation for her to visit when aunt Rebecca visits, and warm encouragement to grow up to be like her mother, Susanna Kite Sharpless

Rebecca Kite (1814-1852), half sister of Susanna Kite Sharpless married Nathaniel Brown in 1848. She wrote that she dearly missed her nieces and nephews and visiting the family before she was married, but presently was tied down with her own family and children.

William (1810-1900) was the brother of Susanna Kite Sharpless. His 1863 letter included advice on Elizabeth's proposed marriage to Edward Smedley. William married Mary Clements in 1838, and they had two children: Esther ("Hetty") who married Samuel Griscom in 1863 and Susanna Sharpless Kite, who did not marry.

Susanna ("Sue" or "Suze") and Esther ("Hetty") were the children of William (1810-1900) and Mary Clement Kite. William was the younger brother of Susanna Kite Sharpless. The cousins were Westtown students, some copy poetry and notes

Ann visited New York State in 1862, she worried about the Southern Army

From Upstate New York, she wrote that the Irish and Germans were opposing prohibition and that there were women's rights supporters in the area. She was a teacher and commented on plain dress, Gurneyites and Wilburites,

Elizabeth Tucker was an itinerant teacher in various schools. She resigned from the Society of Friends in 1863. Her letters are filled with comments on current events, Lincoln's Proclamation, etc.

Includes her letter giving an account of a trip she made in 1882 to New England and Canada.