Box 1
Contains 23 Results:
Edward Sharpless correspondence, 1884 - 1887
Includes two letters from Asa Garretson, Barnesville, Ohio, concerning Edward's proposed visit to Hickory Grove and other Quaker meetings. Advice to Edwin Sprague regarding acceptance of plainness as a requirement for convincement. Advice to Tong Ling after his visit to San Jose. A recommendation from minister at First Presbyterian, Oxford, Pa., confirming the appropriateness of Edward's Orthodox Christian views.
Edward Sharpless to Anna S. Reeve, 1879
Descriptive letters to his sister of his travels in Great Britain and Europe.
Edward Sharpless to Anna S. Reeve and Mary O. Reeve, 1886 - 1891
Samuel Morris, Olney, to Edward Sharpless, 1856 - 1874
Member of Frankford Monthly Meeting. Samuel Morris (1827-1905) served as clerk of Indian Committee. He mentioned committee meetings, encouraged Edward in ministry, and was providing catalog of books at Westtown School for Aaron Sharpless.
J. Wistar Evans to Edward Sharpless, 1861
Mentions the effort to exempt Friends from draft
Elizabeth Pierson to Edward Sharpless , 1866 - 1879
Elder of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of the Northern District and served as clerk of the Yearly Meeting. She died in 1882. Her letters reflect discomfort with message and dress of visiting London Friends.
Mahlon Moon to Edward Sharpless, 1872 - 1877
Moon (1814-1887) owned a tree nursery, Morrisville Nursery, in Bucks County, Pa. His sons continued the Moon family horticulture legacy with the William H. Moon Company, founded in 1872. Mahlon Moon was a member of Falls Monthly Meeting and an Elder. The letters mention news of Quaker meetings and encouragement to Edward Sharpless in his faith and ministry.
Phebe W. Roberts to Edward Sharpless, 1864 - 1872
Phebe W. Roberts (1810-1893) was a long-time Quaker minister and served on the Westtown Committee.
Correspondence from Friends, 1863-1867, 1873-1885
Recommendation of place to board from a cousin in Salem, New Jersey. Words of encouragement in his unemployment which offered time to devote to ministry