Box 18

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ALS from Benjamin Underwood (1793-1839) to his eldest child, Mary, notifying of the death of her little brother, Charles, born 1832. Also signed by her mother, Sarah Underwood.

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ALS (copy?) with description of his trip to the West Indies, government, slavery

Scope and Contents 15 ALsS to daughter Sarah Ann and her sister, Matilda, students at Sharon Boarding School. Sarah Hunt traveling, meeting with friends John Comly, William Wharton, Henry Pike, and others. 8 month is traveling in New York State, mentions letter she had sent them via Lucretia Mott. Plans to limit her travels after this ministry and spend time with her children. Glad that Matilda completing her studies and will be ready to teach; worried that Sarah Ann's health and eyesight not equal to the...

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ALS to her eldest daughter, Mary, who was living with her sister, Elizabeth. Sarah is visiting meetings in Philadelphia and New Jersey, and Mary apparently was considering marrying out of Society. [Mary marrried ? Lee and later moved to Iowa.]

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ALS to her sister and brother-in-law. Elizabeth married Matthew Coleman in 1840 under the care of Rochester Monthly Meeting.

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ALS, 1843 written shortly after her 17th birthday and settling in Eatontown, New Jersey. ALS, 1849, she is visiting sister Sally Ann in Bonair.

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Poem written in Elizabeth's album

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4 ALsS. 1842, 12 month, Matilda goes to Eatontown, NJ, to teach.

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2 ALsS, 1842 while Sarah Ann was a student at Sharon Boarding School. She addresses the letters "dear sister." 4 ALsS from Eatontown, N.J. Lydia Pike was the daughter of Henry and Mary Pike who operated a boarding school for boys in Byberry, Pa.