Lydia Swain Hinchman letterbooks
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of two volumes of the letterbooks of Lydia Swain Hinchman. Each volume includes both business and personal correspondence. Letters are addressed to both Lydia Swain Hinchman and her husband, Charles Shoemaker Hinchman. Generally, personal correspondence is addressed to Lydia Swain Hinchman, while business correspondence is addressed to Charles Shoemaker Hinchman.
Dates
- Creation: 1867-1916
Creator
- Hinchman, Lydia Swain Mitchell (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Lydia Swain (Mitchell) Hinchman (1846-1938) was born November 4, 1846, in Nantucket, Massachusetts, the daughter of Peleg Mitchell and Mary Russell. She married Charles Shoemaker Hinchman in 1872, and the couple had five children: Mary Mitchell Hinchman (b. 1873), Charles Russell Hinchman (b. 1875), Margaretta Shoemaker Hinchman (b. 1876), Anna Barker Hinchman (b. 1877), and Walter Swain Hinchman (b. 1879). After her marriage, Hinchman moved to Philadelphia, where she lived until her death in 1938.
Extent
0.39 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Each volume of Lydia Swain Hinchman's letterbooks includes both business and personal correspondence. Letters are addressed to both Lydia Swain Hinchman and her husband, Charles Shoemaker Hinchman. Generally, personal correspondence is addressed to Lydia Swain Hinchman, while business correspondence is addressed to Charles Shoemaker Hinchman.
Acquisition
Unknown.
Processing Information
Processed by Kara Flynn; completed September, 2015.
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Lydia Swain Hinchman letterbooks, 1867-1916
- Author
- Kara Flynn
- Date
- September, 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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