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Selected papers from the Daniel Neall collection, primarily letters from Daniel Neall Jr. to John Priestly. Also includes a description of the destruction of Pennsylvania Hall, an account of the tarring & feathering of Daniel Neall Sr, and a note delivered to John Greenleaf Whittier by Daniel Neall Jr, Isaac Clothier, and Dillwyn Parrish.

Notebook containing extracts of letters written by Martha Schofield during her time on Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina, where she worked as a teacher of African American freedmen (1865-1866); primarily addressed to her family and copied by her mother, Mary H. Child. Loose scrap paper/notes enclosed, including a document titled "Written 1st Month 1831 in a Season of Mournful Meditation, " possibly written by Mary H. Child about the death of her mother Jane Hough Jackson (1776-1830).

Martha Schofield met Sadie Brouwer in 1859 while teaching at a school in Harrison, New York, and the two remained close friends. Schofield's neighbor and close family friend Joseph Dodgson has died, and Schofield describes in detail the service for him, which included speeches from many prominent Quakers. She thanks Brouwer for the book she sent her but indicates a preference for non-fiction over fiction. She then lists the books she has recently read. She mentions that they will be having another concert benefit for the hospital and that "Contraband meetings" are being held at her house every week. She thanks Brouwer for the description of her bedroom and says she longs to be in it with her. She sends a ring to Brouwer and signs the letter "thy devoted lover."

For Kay and "Conditions on Island" are written on the front page. Appears to be written by Martha Schofield. The second page bears a sketched map of the islands where Martha Schofield taught when she first came to South Carolina. She writes about the school that was first called "Garrison" and tells stories about the people she encountered, including former slaves.

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Hunn Judd was a Quaker from Delaware who taught at the Penn School on Saint Helena Island, South Carolina, one of the first schools for freedmen established after the Civil War. Judd describes the recent activities of the teachers and the new home where Laura Towne and Ellen Murray are living. She expresses frustration that the students work the fields in the morning and then are too tired for study in the afternoon. She describes attending a masquerade and sends love to Schofield's family.

Reproduction of pencil sketch of Camp Todd.

Asks for the address of a girl in Boston who may be interested in employment through the Association to teach freedmen.

Short note by unknown author reporting that the authorities in Charleston sent 15, 000 African American freedmen to the islands of South Carolina. Martha Schofield was sent by the Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association to teach freedmen on the islands after the Civil War.