Box 11

Letter from a prominent Wilburite minister concerning James Sribbens with reference to J[ohn] Wilbur and Peter Davis. [Also includes print-out of the online transcript by Sharon Iwanick, 2003, from a copy of the letter in Narragansett Historical Society Register.]

Various holiday cards- some signed, a 1934 map of Canada, a poem written on a 1955 Curtis Pension Committee Plan, and an (American-made) book of Irish songs.

Largely family and some business news. Oliver Robinson (1812-1890) was a younger brother of Anna Robinson Howland. He was a successful Windham, Maine, manufacturer and member of Windham Monthly Meeting.

Addressed to Dear Sister, the letter contains family news and comments on the tensions in the Society.

Financial matters. William Hill operated a successful shoe manufacturing business in North Berwick. He and Howland were business partners in mnay ventures and also shared the same conservative approach to Quaker worship.

Hill reported on events at the Quarterly Meeting and the formation of a smaller Conservative Yearly Meeting, He remarked that he and his wife were holding a school in their home for their children, and he invited Anna to join them. His son Charles added a note at the end, requesting that Howland inquire at the Insane Hospital in Augusta concerning the placement of a young man, William Henry, who suffered from seizures.

Davis was a prominent Quaker minister who expressed appreciation for the warm reception she enjoyed from the Howlands when she arrived; she mentioned Friends and the separation in Salem Quarterly.

Timothy Robinson was Anna's father. The letter contains family news and remarks about "Wilburism," with addendum from her brother Oliver Robinson

Charles was the son of William Hill. He reported about the New England Yearly Meeting and the Epistles that were read. He passed along John Wilbur's wish to be remembered to the Howlands.