Box 6
Contains 26 Results:
Mary Painter, 1851
ALS from niece, Mary Painter, b. 1842, the daughter of James and Betsy Painter. Family news from Shady Grove.
Correspondence received, 1856-1871
Loose letters with typed index titled Letter Book I. Letters from sisters and brothers/Minshall and James Painter, Sidney Sharpless. Letter of April 12, 1857, from Minshall gives an account of Sidney's sudden death from a stroke.
Correspondence with siblings, 1858-1890
ALsS concerning family concerns
William H. Shuster, 1881
1 ALS, detailed estimate to cater a dinner party for 20
Anna M. Sharpless, 1886-1887
ALsS from her niece, Anna M. Sharpless, describing trip to California via Chicago
Anna M. Sharpless, 1888-1903
ALsS from her niece, Anna M. Sharpless, from Washington, D.C., the Gleason Sanitarium in Elmira, NY, and elsewhere
Helen P. Barnard, 1886-1891
ALsS from her great-niece, who attended Swarthmore Preparative School and College. Helen was the granddaughter of Ann's sister Hannah. Ann Tyler apparently provided some financial support. Helen was training to be a nurse at Newport Hospital, Newport, Rhode Island, in 1891 and died the same year.
Concerning sudden death of niece Helen P. Barnard, 1891
Condolence letters to Ann Tyler and Enos H. Barnard, including letter from Henry S. Kent of Swarthmore and Elizabeth Powell Bond. Also recommendations from Bond and West Chester State College for Helen.
Enos H. Barnard, 1886, 1891, 1906
ALsS from her nephew, Hannah's son. Broken-hearted letter sent in September when his daughter Helen's body is shipped home.
