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1870 August 24, Philadelphia, to order of James M. Price, Check
Title:
1870 August 24, Check
Description:
Check from Thomas Evans Estate.
Date:
1870-08-24
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Clarkson Sheppard letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Clarkson Sheppard letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Discusses various religious tracts including Charles Wesley's "Awake Thou That Sleepest, Henry Ward Beecher's Power of the Spirit, and John Barclay's Three Letters."
Date:
1881-06-23
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Graceanna Lewis will
Title:
Graceanna Lewis will
Description:
Two drafts of Graceanna Lewis's last will and testament accompanied by a note about the document from her cousin Joseph A. Bond.
Date:
1903
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis biographical sketch
Title:
Graceanna Lewis biographical sketch
Description:
Graceanna Lewis recounts her life, work, and family relations, apparently for a book or article that the recipient "Sarah" is writing.
Date:
1897-04-17
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter to Hannah
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to Hannah
Description:
Graceanna Lewis tells Hannah the news that her "only remaining sister, Rebecca, has died from an illness. Lewis tells Hannah of the hours before her death and informs her that funeral plans have not yet been made.
Date:
1893-04-30
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter to Hannah
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to Hannah
Description:
Graceanna Lewis reveals to Hannah that "Cousin Maria" (Maria Fussell) is ill and her children have been taking care of her. She says that the belongings of Maria have been given to Charlie and Anna.
Date:
1893-05-06
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter to Mary Townsend Fussell
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to Mary Townsend Fussell
Description:
Mary Townsend Fussell was Graceanna Lewis' niece. Lewis praises the way Fussell runs her household and has raised her children and proposes taking her mother to Media for her birthday and buying handkerchiefs as a present. She also grieves someone named Emma, likely Fussell's sister Emma Jane Fussell, who died from an illness caught while tending to sick and wounded soldiers during the Civil War.
Date:
1883-05-30
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter to Alice Fussell
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to Alice Fussell
Description:
Alice Fussell was Graceanna Lewis' great-niece. Lewis tells 7-year-old Alice about God's gifts, offers to give her and her brother Robert Fussell a pair of rabbits, and says she will move to Media, Pennsylvania, in a month.
Date:
1877-11-07
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter to Alice Fussell
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to Alice Fussell
Description:
Alice Fussell was Graceanna Lewis' great-niece. Lewis discusses teaching Alice and her brother Robert to sew. She wishes Alice a happy birthday and transcribes several poems for her.
Date:
1880-07-29
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
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
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 to her cousin
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to her cousin
Description:
Lewis is concerned about her cousin's health after learning about a recent illness. Lewis discusses her family's Christmas activities. She also mentions declining an invitation to attend the christening of her nephew Edwin Fussell's child as it "wouldn't do for Quakers."
Date:
1886-12-25
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:
Lewis admits she wrote the article on Abby Kimber and the Kimberton Boarding School that was recently published in the Friends Intelligencer because she felt that it ought to be done and it was important to leave a record of the kind of instruction Kimber gave. She also discusses some plants she received from her cousin Ada Fussell and says she wishes she had time to draw them, as well as attend and give lectures. She gives a brief explanation of oak leaves.
Date:
1887-03-11
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter to Robert Fussell
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to Robert Fussell
Description:
Robert Fussell was Graceanna Lewis' great-nephew. Lewis reflects on Fussell as a baby and shares a memory of him smelling flowers with her. She thanks him for giving her descriptions on his young brother Lewis, as Graceanna Lewis is unable to see him growing up but she delights in what she is told of him. Lewis tells Fussell how lucky he is to have such a loving family, as there are children who do not have this privilege. One of her student's fathers gave her an "aquarium" (fish tank) for school use and she explains the types of materials the students have helped her place in it for the fish they will get. She also gives tips for growing plants at home.
Date:
1884-03-22
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis leaf charts
Title:
Graceanna Lewis leaf charts
Description:
Eight printed leaf charts by Graceanna Lewis for use in public schools. Depict oak, chestnut, beech, walnut, hickory, maple, willow, poplar, birch, and elm tree leaf and nut structures.
Date:
1895-1899
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 describes the gifts she received for Christmas and says she plans to have Christmas dinner with her niece Mary Townsend Fussell and her family. She complains of pains in her left foot which make it difficult for her to walk and suspects it may be rheumatism. She also talks about issues with her vision. She describes the treatment her cousin Ada "Adie" Fussell is undergoing for cancer.
Date:
1899-12-25
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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