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Box 30

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Contains 18 Results:

Paxson correspondence, 1878

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ALsS from Paxson cousins, most are from Anna Paxson, but also from Anna and Frances.

Dates: 1878

Paxson, Charles to Henry Ferris, 1878-1881

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ALsS and postcards. Charles worked for Frederick Paxson & Company, Stockbrokers, Philadelphia.

Dates: 1878-1881

Henry Ferris and Smyth, Frances Canby, 1878-1879

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ALsS from the youngest of Henry's Smyth cousins. Frances was born in 1858 and married James Howard Chambers in 1886. Before Henry's marriage to Elizabeth Masters, Frances and Henry corresponded frequently, and she nicknamed him "Heinrich.'

Dates: 1878-1879

Correspondence concerning Frank, 1879

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11 mo 1879 Henry wrote to his sister and the family that brother Frank will not recover, and he includes Frank's letter to their Wilmington physician, Pusey Heald, about his deteriorating condition with a copy of the doctor's grave diagnosis. The recommendation was for Frank to return home where he would be better cared for and more comfortable. Also letters from Lizzie Carroll in Colorado Springs and Heald's Hygiene Home in Wilmington, Del.

Dates: 1879

Condolences on Frank's death, 1 mo 1880

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Correspondence concerning death of Francis C. Ferris at his parents' home.

Dates: 1 mo 1880