Lewis-Fussell Family Papers

The collection contains correspondence, journals, other writings, account books, albums, photographs, and miscellaneous notes of members of the Lewis and Fussell families of Chester and Delaware Counties in Pennsylvania. Includes the papers and drawings of Graceanna Lewis, prominent Quaker natural scientist and social reformer.

Lewis-Fussell Family Papers collection guide
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Graceanna Lewis letter to Edith Johnson Fussell
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Graceanna Lewis letter to Edith Johnson Fussell
Description:
Edith Johnson Fussell married Graceanna Lewis' nephew, Linnaeus Fussell. Lewis writes a letter wishing her a happy new year and talks about a former zoology student of hers named L.B. Humphrey.
Date:
1882-12-20
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter to Ellen Fussell Cope
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to Ellen Fussell Cope
Description:
Ellen "Nellie" Fussell Cope was Graceanna Lewis' great-nice. Lewis thanks her for the letter she received. She discusses dolls and encourages Nellie to make clothes and furniture for them. She also mentions her students buying microscopes and all of the "pests" they have subsequently viewed with them
Date:
1885-01-04
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter to Ellen Fussell Cope
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to Ellen Fussell Cope
Description:
Ellen "Nellie" Fussell Cope was Graceanna Lewis' great-niece. Lewis transcribes the poem "Selfless Love" for Nellie on her twelfth birthday.
Date:
1890-08-26
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter to Alice Fussell and Robert Fussell
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to Alice Fussell and Robert Fussell
Description:
Alice and Robert Fussell were Graceanna Lewis' great-niece and grand-nephew. Lewis tells them that she loves the school where she is teaching (the Foster School for Girls) and that she wishes that they both could come be students in her classes. She also asks them to take some samples of liverwort and fern and gives them instructions on how to tend to them so they grow enough for her to show to her students.
Date:
1883-09-23
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter to Alice Fussell and Robert Fussell
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to Alice Fussell and Robert Fussell
Description:
Alice and Robert Fussell were Graceanna Lewis' great-niece and great-nephew, respectively. Lewis tells them about their newborn baby cousin, Ellen Fussell Cope, daughter of Linnaeus and Edith Fussell.
Date:
1878-08-29
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Susan Fussell letter to Graceanna Lewis
Title:
Susan Fussell letter to Graceanna Lewis
Description:
Signed S. Fussell and most likely written by Graceanna Lewis' cousin, Susan Fussell. She discusses at length her concern for poor and orphaned children and "the plan" to have the children cared for in people's homes at the expense of the county until they can obtain homes with private families. Fussell thanks Graceanna for her offer to write an article on the subject. She also mentions an interest in homes for the "deserving aged." A note added to the letter later says it is from Ada Fussell, Susan Fussell's sister, but that is likely incorrect based on the handwriting.
Date:
1878-01-13
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Susan Fussell letter to Graceanna Lewis, Mariann Lewis, and Elizabeth Lewis
Title:
Susan Fussell letter to Graceanna Lewis, and Elizabeth Lewis
Description:
Susan Fussell was a cousin of Graceanna, Mariann, and Elizabeth Lewis. Fussell expresses grief over the death of Graceanna Lewis' sister Rebecca Lewis Fussell's daughter Emma Jane Fussell. She tells that many men have volunteered since the order for drafting was issued. Talks of her brother Joshua Fussell's experience in the war and talks of aiding the soldiers. She expresses anger that some members of her Quaker Meeting are against helping sick soldiers because they believe that would be against Quaker principles; Fussell feels that helping the soldiers is simple human decency.
Date:
1862-08-10
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter
Description:
Addressed to "Hannah" and likely to Graceanna Lewis' friend and fellow Quaker Hannah Wright Mifflin. Lewis is grateful that Hannah endures illness with such strength and spirit. She writes that she has been painting non-stop to fulfill an order for 50 paintings. She brings up that she has been trying to get 5 of her scientific charts copyrighted. She marvels at the presentation of a "microphone" at a recent meeting and muses about the afterlife. She discusses a sermon which attacked evolutionists and criticizes the writer, Tallmadge, and those who follow him. She then talks about how the temperance movement has faced resistance in Chester, Pennsylvania, where there are many saloons, and how this has made their efforts in Media harder. She also writes in detail about the case of Walter Mintzer, a child whose parents had died in an accident in Philadelphia and whose grandparents were in a bitter battle for custody for him.
Date:
1893-04-02
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter
Description:
Addressed to "Hannah" and likely to Graceanna Lewis' friend and fellow Quaker Hannah Wright Mifflin. Lewis shares that she is working on paintings for the Pennsylvania Forestry Commission. She then writes in great detail about her sister Rebecca Lewis Fussell's funeral. Her cousin Maria Fussell remains ill.
Date:
1893-05-09
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter
Description:
Addressed to "Hannah" and likely to Graceanna Lewis' friend and fellow Quaker Hannah Wright Mifflin. Lewis talks at length about a trip she, her great-niece Alice Fussell, and their cousin Evangeline Lewis took to Longport, New Jersey. She was very productive and made many animal charts for the Delaware County Institute of Science. They stayed with Ellen H. McCullough, who was raised by Lewis and her sisters, and her husband, M. Simpson McCullough, who was the Mayor of Longport.
Date:
1899-08-17
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter fragment
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter fragment
Description:
Graceanna Lewis describes a school, likely the Foster School for Girls where she taught from 1883-1885, and writes about the books she has been studying. She describes how she came across algae and conducted experiments with it. She has an upcoming meeting planned with Dr. Adele Amelia Gleason and mentions her mother, Rachel Gleason, the fourth woman to earn a medical degree in the United States.
Date:
1883-1885
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter fragment
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter fragment
Description:
Lewis was delighted to learn of the marriage of Dr. Isaac Garrett Smedley to Elizabeth Kirk Hallowell, which took place on August 19, 1886. Includes a transcription of a poem.
Date:
1886
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter fragment
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter fragment
Description:
Fragment. Possibly to Graceanna Lewis' sister Rebecca Lewis Fussell. Lewis talks about a school where she appears to be working.
Date:
1830-1885
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter
Description:
Addressed to "Hannah" and likely to Graceanna Lewis' friend and fellow Quaker Hannah Wright Mifflin. Lewis apologizes for not replying to Hannah sooner. She describes going through her letters and burning many of them. She discusses the plants and trees she encountered at the Minshall-Painter Arboretum (now the Tyler Arboretum) and the different plants she is growing at home and hopes to grow. She also talks about some social events she recently attended, including the Friends First Day School and a woman's club reception.
Date:
1899-10-06
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter to her cousin
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to her cousin
Description:
Appears to be to the same recipient as A00180256. Lewis discusses oak leaves. She also discusses temperance, particularly a petition put forth to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania prohibiting the granting of a licence in Washington County.
Date:
1887-03-13
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter, story extract, and poem to Alice Fussell and Robert Fussell
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter, and poem to Alice Fussell and Robert Fussell
Description:
Alice and Robert Fussell were Graceanna Lewis' great-niece and great-nephew, respectively. Graceanna Lewis transcribes a story extract and a poem for "Allie" and "Robbie" in the celebration of their newborn baby sister, Emma Fussell. She also recounts what the neighbor children are up to.
Date:
1880-02-29
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis plant sketches
Title:
Graceanna Lewis plant sketches
Description:
Sketches drawn by Graceanna Lewis with labels that describe the plants her great-niece and great-nephew Alice and Robert Fussell have brought to her.
Date:
1883-04-10
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis tribute to Mariann Lewis
Title:
Graceanna Lewis tribute to Mariann Lewis
Description:
Graceanna Lewis reflects on the life of her sister, Mariann Lewis, who has recently passed away.
Date:
1866
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mariann Lewis letter to Graceanna Lewis
Title:
Mariann Lewis letter to Graceanna Lewis
Description:
Mariann Lewis was Graceanna Lewis' sister. She recounts various goings-on in the family, including their mother's difficulty walking, their cousin Esther Ann Jacobs' pregnancy, someone named Aaron's escape from Blockley Asylum, and their sister Elizabeth "Libby" Lewis' schooling. She also mentions attending an antislavery picnic in Kennett, Pennsylvania.
Date:
1843-08-09
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mariann Lewis letter to Rebecca Lewis Fussell
Title:
Mariann Lewis letter to Rebecca Lewis Fussell
Description:
Mariann Lewis and Rebecca Lewis Fussell were Graceanna Lewis' sisters. Lewis writes that family members are on their way to Yearly Meeting. She adds that the school in York is doing well and there has been temperance activism lately.
Date:
1843-05-14
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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