Box 5
Contains 48 Results:
Ferris, Fanny (Brandywine) to a relative Philadelphia, 1813, 6 mo
ALsS
[?] (Philadelphia) to Ferris, Fanny (Brandywine), 1813, 8 mo 28
1 ALS with family news. Sympathizes with Fanny's busy life with a five week old infant (Deborah). Expresses her admiration for Elias Hicks.
Ferris, Fanny (Brandywine) to Potts, Anna (Philadelphia), 1813-1815
3 ALsS to her cousin with personal advice.
Biddle, Mary (Philadelphia) to Gibbons, Mary, 1813-1823, n.d.
8 ALsS. Family news. Mary (Canby) Biddle was the sister of Fanny Ferris and married Clement Biddle in 1810. Mary Gibbons, her cousin, was raised in the Canby household.
Ferris, Benjamin (fragment), c. 1814
Fragment of letter describing his two daughters, Deb and Anna.
Gibbons, Hannah (Brandywine) to Gibbons, Mary, [1814, 1816]
2 ALsS. Letter [n.d.] to her sister gives account of sudden death of Anna Ferris from croup, 9 mo 29 1814. Second letter tells of household chores, helping in the Ferris home, Fanny nursing the new baby.
Ferris, Fanny (Brandywine) to Canby, Anna ., 1814-1815
5 ALsS to her sister. Letters of 4 mo 1815 describe visiting ministers and reports at the Yearly Meeting in Philadelphia
Ferris, Fanny (Brandywine) to Ferris, Benjamin (Philadelphia), 1814-1816
3 ALsS. Letter of 1814 reports how nicely Anna is growing, soon made tragic by her sudden death on 9 mo 29 1814, before the age of three. 4 mo 1816 notes that Deborah is doing well, but Fanny has learned to "live one day at a time." A fifth child, also named Anna, was born 6 mo 1815, and both daughters lived to old age.
