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Martha Schofield letter to Sadie Brouwer Bartram
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to Sadie Brouwer Bartram
Description:
Martha Schofield met Sadie Brouwer Bartram in 1859 while teaching at a school in Harrison, New York, and the two remained close friends. Discusses their correspondence, recent events, and news concerning family and friends. Talks about the importance of education and wishes she could be a student for a few more years.
Date:
1860-03-11
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sadie Brouwer Bartram letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Sadie Brouwer Bartram letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Martha Schofield met Sadie Brouwer Bartram in 1859 while teaching at a school in Harrison, New York, and the two remained close friends. Brouwer describes her recent activities and those of several friends. She implores Schofield to come visit her even for just one night.
Date:
1865-08-08
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to her family
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to her family
Description:
Addressed to "Sisters, Brother, and niece". Martha Schofield writes at length about attending Quarterly Meeting in Purchase, New York. She also discusses the people she visited with and her upcoming plans.
Date:
1893-02-03
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sadie Brouwer Bartram letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Sadie Brouwer Bartram letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Martha Schofield met Sadie Brouwer Bartram in 1859 while teaching at a school in Harrison, New York, and the two remained close friends. Brouwer wishes Schofield luck in her work in the South but will miss her very much. She reminisces about when she and Schofield first met and talks about the close relationship they have had through the years.
Date:
1865-09-08
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Jane Jackson Price letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Jane Jackson Price letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Jane Jackson Price was Martha Schofield's maternal aunt. Written from Willow Vale. Discusses the her health, the correspondence between Schofield and her family, Schofield's work as a teacher in Harrison, New York, and news concerning family and friends.
Date:
1858-12-12
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Jane J. Satterthwait and Eliza H. Bell letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Jane J. Satterthwait and Eliza H. Bell letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Jane "Jennie" J. Satterthwait was Martha Schofield's cousin and Eliza H. Bell was Schofield's aunt. They discuss recent events and news concerning family and friends. Bell encourages her to come home from New York where she has been working as a teacher.
Date:
1859-06-26
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 Sadie Brouwer Bartram
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to Sadie Brouwer Bartram
Description:
Fragment. Martha Schofield met Sadie Brouwer Bartram in 1859 while teaching at a school in Harrison, New York, and the two remained close friends. Schofield expresses her disdain for the "Copperheads, saying that being around one recently made her blood start travelling pretty fast through [her] veins" and says that they sanctioned the mistreatment of slaves by upholding the rebels. She describes visiting Rachel Moore, who had recently been severely injured in a carriage accident. She expects to go South at the end of October.
Date:
1865-09-03
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Benjamin Schofield letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Benjamin Schofield letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Benjamin Schofield was Martha Schofield's brother. Apologizes for not writing to her more frequently. Discusses recent events and news concerning family and friends.
Date:
1858-10-30
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Anna B. Willets letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Anna B. Willets letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Anna and Edward Willets ran a school in Harrison, New York, where Martha Schofield was a teacher in the late 1850's. She talks about the health of her children and shares news about some of her family and friends. She mentions having Schofield's close friend Sadie Brouwer over for a visit recently and how Sadie "with tears in her eyes, related some of her troubles, likely in relation to the mischief" Brouwer's father does. She also briefly discusses Quarterly Meeting and wonders if Schofield goes to church with the former slaveholders.
Date:
1867-02-03
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Anna B. Willets letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Anna B. Willets letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Anna Willets and her husband, Edward Willets, ran a school in Harrison, New York where Martha Schofield worked as a teacher in the late 1850s. Willets discusses the health of herself and her family members and describes the severe cold weather they have been experiencing. She wants to visit Schofield and will give her notice if she is able to come. She mentions that "the young people have just organized to sew for the colored people in the South."
Date:
1866-01-07
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Eliza H. Schofield letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Eliza H. Schofield letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Eliza Schofield was Martha Schofield's sister. Discusses recent events and news concerning family and friends.
Date:
1859-02-28
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to Sadie Brouwer Bartram
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to Sadie Brouwer Bartram
Description:
Martha Schofield met Sadie Brouwer Bartram in 1859 while teaching at a school in Harrison, New York, and the two remained close friends. Discusses recent holiday events and news concerning family and friends. Is waiting to receive correspondence from Brouwer.
Date:
1860-01-15
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sarah J. Price Forsythe letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Sarah J. Price Forsythe letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Sarah "Sallie" Price Forsythe was Martha Schofield's cousin. Discusses recent events and news concerning family and friends.
Date:
1858-12-12
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Eliza H. Bell letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Eliza H. Bell letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Eliza H. Bell was Martha Schofield's maternal aunt. Discusses the recent death of her daughter Jane Hough Bell (1843-1858) and references her other deceased daughter Mary Christy Bell (1845-1854). Mentions an upcoming marriage
Date:
1858-05-14
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield diary, 1858-1860
Title:
Martha Schofield diary, 1858-1860
Description:
Describes Martha Schofield's daily life, including social engagements, lectures and other events she attended, Quaker meetings, and her reading circles. During this period, Schofield taught in several schools near New York City. Includes lists of books Schofield has read, letters she has sent, and letters she has received. Pages 141-149 are missing.
Date:
1858-01-01 - 1860-10-31
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield diary, 1860-1862
Title:
Martha Schofield diary, 1860-1862
Description:
Describes Martha Schofield's daily life, with a focus on social calls, attendance of Quaker Meeting, her religious and emotional life, and her friendship with John Bunting (whom she called "mon ami"). The diary also describes the various concerts and lectures she attended, including one by Anna E. Dickinson, and her work teaching at several schools in Philadelphia, including the Bethany School for African Americans. Descriptions of natural vistas (e.g., a sunrise on the Atlantic, a view of the Hudson, the top of "Castle Rock") also recur.
Date:
1860-11-01 - 1862-01-31
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to Sadie Brouwer Bartram
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to Sadie Brouwer Bartram
Description:
Martha Schofield met Sadie Brouwer Bartram in 1859 while teaching at a school in Harrison, New York, and the two remained close friends. Expresses her regret over leaving Harrison, where she had been working as a teacher for the past ten months (Bartram was one of her students). Is staying with relatives in Bayside before traveling the rest of the way home to Darby, Pennsylvania. Discusses recent events.
Date:
1859-08-16
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to Sadie Brouwer Bartram
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to Sadie Brouwer Bartram
Description:
Discusses the upcoming marriage of her sister Sarah Jane Ash. Wishes she was still working as a teacher in Harrison, New York (Brouwer was one of her students); looks forward to Brouwer coming to visit her next spring. Will send a paper about the beached whale she recently saw.
Date:
1859-10-16
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield farewell address
Title:
Martha Schofield farewell address
Description:
Martha Schofield's farewell address to her students at the end of the school term. Schofield worked as a teacher in Harrison, New York for a year before returning to her family home in Darby, Pennsylvania.
Date:
1859-07-08
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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