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Deborah Wharton letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Deborah Wharton letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
The letter discusses Secretary of State William Seward, the death of his wife Frances Miller, the afterlife, and the health of Wharton's family.
Date:
1865-07-06
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Deborah Main Phelps (spirit) letter to Samuel Phelps
Title:
Deborah Main Phelps (spirit) letter to Samuel Phelps
Description:
Letter to Samuel Phelps attributed to the spirit of his sister Deborah Main Phelps working through the medium Mrs. Twiny. The letter discusses the afterlife and offers Samuel religious counsel. Accompanied by Samuel's notes.
Date:
1880-1929
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Adelia Gates postcard to Emily Howland
Title:
Adelia Gates postcard to Emily Howland
Description:
Written from Union Mills, New York, likely by botanical painter Adelia Sarah Gates. Mentions the death of Frederick Douglass and muses on the afterlife. Passes on news of mutual friends, including a custody battle.
Date:
1895-03-07
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to her family
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to her family
Description:
Martha Schofield is still grieving the death of prominent Philadelphia Quaker Howard Jenkins, and it has led her to reflect of her faith and her own life. She laments that she does not have an "intellectual companion" to talk with. She also talks at length about the Schofield School's business manager, Samuel Entrikin, and expresses her frustrations about how he thinks differently than she does.
Date:
1902-10-26
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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