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Box 33

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Contains 47 Results:

Thomas, E.P. to Henry Ferris, 1920

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TLS, death of Frank Hallowell, grandson of Benjamin Hallowell, in a bank robbery in Sandy Spring, Md.

Dates: 1920

Henry Ferris correspondence with S. Edward Paschall, 1921-1933

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ALsS from a friend who admired Henry Ferris's editing of Friend Intelligencer. Two TL Christmas letters from Henry Ferris with family and business news.

Dates: 1921-1933

Ferris, Walter to Henry Ferris, 1922-1923

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ALsS from Walter and his wife Hannah in Milwaukee

Dates: 1922-1923

Henry Ferris to Ferris, Henry (Jr.). Jr., 1923-1924

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TLs (carbons) with advice. Henry, Jr., had difficulty finding work, and his wife, Mary, had debts from her egg business

Dates: 1923-1924

Ferris, Mary and Henry Ferris correspondence, 1924-1934

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Correspondence between Henry Ferris ("Dear Daddy") and his daughter-in-law, Mary. She operated Pennsylvania Fresh Egg Company, borrowed money from the Ferrises, while Henry, Jr., struggled in business. In 1931, Henry is living with his parents, recovering his health, and children came to stay with them to avoid polio outbreak in NYC. In 1934, when she filed for divorce, he reminded her to make arrangements for repayment of loans from him and Walter.

Dates: 1924-1934

Ferris, William C. to Henry Ferris, 1924

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ALsS, on strict diet, mentions family's troubles

Dates: 1924