Box 26

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Daily entries

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Daily record of activities

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Daily record of activities. Mentions death and funeral of Thomas Garrett. Frequent mention of Deborah Wharton. Also Lucretia Mott and visit to Rockwood, Delaware. Chicago fire in October, and elected to Board of Managers of Swarthmore College on Dec. 5.

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Daily record of activities, including meeting of the Board of Manager of Swarthmore College.

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Anna served on the Board and was friends with prominent Quakers including Isaac Clothier and the Whartons

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Daily record of activities

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Daily record. Nephew Frank Ferris died Jan. 15, 1880.

Scope and Contents Attending meetings at Swarthmore, Quaker meetings, socializing with Whartons, Shipley, and others. Funeral train of President Garfield passed through Wilmington. Trip to Colorado in summer of 1883, returning via Niagara and Pennsylvania. In September, niece Matilda had a lung hemorrhage, awakening fear of tuberculosis that took her brother Frank's life. Anna mentions that as an only daughter, Matilda is the rock on whom her parents and others relied upon. In 1884 she is visiting Elias Hicks,...

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Active with family and other concerns. Sally (Sarah Ann Ferris) is under burden of caring for her mother, and lung disease is always threatening.

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Still active, but entries reflect deaths in the family. Sarah Hunt dies 7 mo 16, 1889, releasing daughter and granddaughter from the burden of her care. Mentions Matilda's life of complete self-renunciation, Sarah Ann's gradual decline from tuberculosis. Entries end Oct. 14, 1890, and Anna died a month later, Nov. 17.