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Box 18

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Contains 57 Results:

Hunt, Sarah to Ferris, Sarah Ann (Underwood), 1850-1853, n.d.

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10 ALsS. 2 month 1850, Sarah's husband, Elisha Hunt, adds a note because Sarah is disabled by a severe headache. In 2 month 1851 letter mentions that a number of Friends, including Parrishes, Miller, and Whartons, were planning to start a country-like community on the Lippincott farm in Cinnaminson Township, N.J., on the banks of the Delaware. [This became the Borough of Riverton.] 1853, Sarah Ann and David Ferris buy a farm with financial help from the Hunts and Ferrises.

Dates: 1850-1853, n.d.

Lee, Mary Underwood to Hunt, Sarah, 1850, 10 mo 11

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ALS to her mother, reports on her return journey to Dubuque after a visit East. Her husband adds a note, and they mention son, Emmor. Mary was her eldest daughter and moved to Iowa with her husband.

Dates: 1850, 10 mo 11

Coleman, Elizabeth to Hunt, Sarah, and to Ferris, Sarah Ann, 1850, 1853

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2 ALS to her sister, 1850, taking care of her sick mother in Moorestown, NJ. Elizabeth married Matthew Coleman at Rochester Monthly Meeting in 1840. He resigned his member in 1844, but Elizabeth remained a member and died in 1855. Sarah Hunt suffered from periodic nervous disorders during her long life.

Dates: 1850, 1853

Hunt, Sarah to Ferris, Sarah Ann, 1852, n.d.

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14 ALsS, from Moorestown. Some letters have annotations by David Ferris, referring to mother and dear wife

Dates: 1852, n.d.

Hunt, Sarah to Ferris, Sarah Ann, 1853-1855

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12 ALsS, from Moorestown. Some letters have annotations by David Ferris, referring to mother and dear wife

Dates: 1853-1855

Lee, Emmor H. to cousins, William and Frank, 1860

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3 ALsS from Emmor Lee, son of Mary Underwood Lee and grandson of Sarah Hunt. Living in Moorestown, attending school.

Dates: 1860

Hunt, Sarah to Ferris, Sarah Ann, 1871-1873

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12 ALsS. In 6 month, 1873, husband Elisha is ill and anxious about what his wife will do with his farm after his death, so his Will is amended to keep the peace. After Elisha's death, she moved to Pennsylvania where she bought a farm.

Dates: 1871-1873