Box 1
Contains 25 Results:
Townsend Sharpless, Philadelphia, to his children, 1830-09-04
Anna, Lydia, and Charles were studying at Westtown, with typed transcript. Also typed poem written by Anna for her father. Anna married John Houston Brown.
Lydia Jones Sharpless, Westtown, to her parents, 1829-06-17
Student at Westtown
Hinchman Haines, Evesham, to Lydia Newel, Camden, 1823-01-22
Quaker minister Hinchman Haines was born in 1767 and died in 1853. His letter mentions his journey to slaveholders in the Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. Torn at fold lines. Lydia likely is Lydia Newell (1780-1824), sister of Tabitha who married Ezekiel Hunn (1774-1821), Camden Monthly Meeting.
Ezekiel Hunn to Lydia Jones Sharpless, Undated
Ezekiel Hunn, Camden Monthly Meeting, Delaware, was apprenticed to Townsend Sharpless, Philadelphia merchant, when he was 18. Born in 1810, he corresponded with Townsend's daughter, Lydia as "Esteemed Friend" and eventually his wife. Originals and typed transcripts.
Ezekiel Hunn to Lydia Jones Sharpless, 1833
Originals and typed transcripts
Ezekiel Hunn, Camden, Delaware, to Lydia Jones Sharpless, 1833 - 1834
Letters written to Lydia from Wildcat which were sorted by Katherine Karsner, the donor. . Or Originals and typed transcripts,
Ezekiel Hunn to Lydia Jones Sharpless, 1834
Originals and typed transcripts
Ezekiel Hunn to Lydia Jones Sharpless, 1835
Letter of 8 month 15 Ezkiel remarked on the riots and fires in New York and unrest in other cities - the Anti-abolition riots: "the whole country appears like a Volcano on the eve of bursting forth with fire and Death." Originals and typed transcripts,
Ezekiel Hunn to Lydia Jones Sharpless, 1836 - 1839
Ezekiel Hunn and Lydia Jones Sharpless were married 6 month 30, 1836, under the care of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (Orthodox). Originals and typed transcripts.
