Box 2

Concerning finances, etc.

"Mame." A letter concerns writing his Will, with trustees to manage her inheritance. A letter from Friends Asylum to Mary describes his death and reimbursement to estate of family, and a letter from a family member expressed guilt about his dying alone.

Includes copies of poetry for J. N. Reeve

Mary was a student at Westtown. In her letter of 9 month 16 she wrote that her uncle Edward Sharpless visited the School and preached. Described death of a fellow student, possibly typhoid fever.

Letters to Mary ("Mame") and her brothers at Westtown. 8 month her letter reported that bodies of her brother Daniel Sharpless and family had been found two miles at sea off Atlantic City. Daniel, his wife Esther, and two of their children were drowned in a boating accident on 7 month 10, 1874,

Undated letters sent to children at Westtown

Undated letters sent to children at Westtown