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Lydia A. Schofield letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Lydia A. Schofield letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Lydia Schofield was Martha Schofield's sister. Discusses recent events and news concerning family and friends, including a party attended by abolitionists Robert Purvis, Harriet Purvis, and Cyrus Whitson. Asks about Martha's new job teaching in Bayside, New York; briefly discusses her own work as a teacher. Reminisces about their deceased father.
Date:
1857-02-26
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield commonplace book, 1858-1884
Title:
Martha Schofield commonplace book, 1858-1884
Description:
Journal of poems, quotes, and prose extracts by various authors, copied by Martha Schofield between 1858-1865. Also contains some newspaper clippings and a list of "assumed names." Includes content about abolition, capital punishment, and the death of Abraham Lincoln. Authors of excerpts include Francis D. Gage, Maria Townsend, Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney, Lydia Huntley Sigourney, Hannah Flagg Gould, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, among others. Also features writing by Martha Schofield's family, friends, and students. Pages 3, 139, 148, 150, 151, and 154 are blank and were not scanned.
Date:
1858-1884
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Description:
Martha Schofield writes about her recent activities and shares news about some friends. She reminisces about her father and reflects on the wise advice he imparted to his children.
Date:
1882-09-24
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary H. Child letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Mary H. Child letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Mary H. Child was Martha Schofield's mother. The letter, which Child intended Schofield to read on her journey to the South, offers motherly advice and praises Schofield for the work she will do.
Date:
1865-10-05
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College