Box 4
Contains 55 Results:
Ferris, David (Wilmington) to Wheeler, Dobson, 1772, 9mo 12
ALS with acid-free photocopy, with concern for his spiritual life.
Carpenter, Benedict to Ferris, Ziba (Wilmington), 1773-1779
4 ALsS to his son-in-law with family news, including suicide of Gains Talcott and the death of his wife in 1775.
Ferris, David (Wilmington) to Dicks, Zachariah (North Carolina, 1773 5mo 16
ALS (draft?) Ferris had visited him in North Carolina, with an account of his return trip to Wilmington. Comments on slavery on slavery
Ferris, David (Wilmington) to Weelock, Eleazer, 1773 7mo 10
AL objecting to the founding of a college in New England. Wheelock (1711-1779), a Congregational minister, founded Dartmouth College. Very fragile: Use acid-free copy
Ferris, David (Wilmington) to Ferris, Reed, 1774 8mo 15
ALS, a copy in his own hand, concerning money owed for books sold sent to Zebulon, monies due to the estate of his son, Benjamin. Also an acid-free copy
Sharples, Benjamin (Philadelphia) to Ferris, Ziba and Edith (Wilmington), 1774 5mo 6
ALS to his sister and brother-in-law concerning smallpox in friends and family
Ferris, David (Wilmington) to Pleasants, Robert, 1774 9mo 20
ALS concerning manumission and education of the people he enslaved. Pleasants (1723-1801) freed the people he enslaved in 1782 and later founded a school for formerly enslaved people in Virginia. He was a founder of the Virginia Abolition Society. Also an acid-free copy
Sharpless, Joshua to Sharpless, Rebeckah, 1775 2mo 3
ALS to his sister. He was the first headmaster of the Westtown School
Barney, Sarah (Nantucket) to Ferris, David, 1776 1mo 27
ALS, message of faith in trying times
Ferris, David (Wilmington) to Laumoy, John, 1778 4mo 6
ALS on the true Church
