Box 3
Container
Contains 17 Results:
Edward Williams Diary (faded), 1869
File — Box: 3
Edward Williams Diary, 1871-1873
File — Box: 3
Scope and Contents
Includes accounts of visits to penitentiary and meeting American Indian Chiefs incarcerated there, Dec. 1871, and travels in Mid West during summers.
Dates:
1871-1873
Edward Williams to his wife and daughter, Teachers House, Jackson, Mississippi, 1867 12 mo 8.
File — Box: 3
Scope and Contents
Describes the schools and attitudes of students and Northerners visiting there. Urges Hannah to join him.
Dates:
1867 12 mo 8.
Edward and Hannah Williams to their daughter and mother., 1868 2 mo-5 month
File — Box: 3
Scope and Contents
Edward describes visits to the Penitentiary in Jackson and to Vicksburg
Dates:
1868 2 mo-5 month
Sarah Williams to Aunt Annie Bruff from Jackson, Mississippi, 1868 12 month to 3 month 1869
File — Box: 3
Scope and Contents
Joins her parents in teaching
Dates:
1868 12 month to 3 month 1869
Edward, Hannah and Sarah Williams from Huntsville, Texas, to family in Ohio, 1870 6mo to 11 mo
File — Box: 3
Scope and Contents
Mentions Sally Gove's visit
Dates:
1870 6mo to 11 mo
Edward, Sarah and Hannah to family, 1872 3 mo to 10 mo
File — Box: 3
Scope and Contents
Hannah mentions that Yearly Meeting expressed interest in providing more funds for their school.
Dates:
1872 3 mo to 10 mo
Edward, Hannah and Sarah, 1873
File — Box: 3
Scope and Contents
Discussions about public schools being established.
Dates:
1873
Sarah to Aunt Hettie Bruff and family, 1874-10 month 1875
File — Box: 3
Scope and Contents
Last letter mentions that community not as peaceful as in past.
Dates:
1874-10 month 1875
Sarah Williams to family, 1876
File — Box: 3
Scope and Contents
Describes trouble in the school and for freedman since the Democrats passed new laws limiting free education to the age of 14 and cutting pay for teachers
Dates:
1876
