Box 5

1 ALS and extracts from other letters written by Fanny Canby to her cousin Anna Potts

8 ALsS to brother-in-law, describing a trip visiting Friends in August and consulting him about his illnesses. In November, Benjamin suffers from ague and asks brother Ziba to work the shop since customers would be afraid that he has yellow fever

2 ALsS, the yellow fever epidemic. John Ferris, Benjamin's brother, died in November 1802 in Wilmington, having cared for others with the disease. He left a young widow, Sarah (Sally). Also, a poem about death.

7 ALsS. Affectionate letters which hint at his relationship with Fanny

ALS mentions a horrible fire in Philadelphia and his problem with recurring fevers

14 ALsS, written during their courtship

1 ALsS

7 ALsS to her cousin Anna Potts

6 ALsS to her sister. These letters are a gift from Frances Canby Ferris, 1960

8 ALsS. Discussion of the State House clock in Philadelphia and bark for treatment of fevers