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1889 April 1, St. Augustine, Fla., to Grandma
Title:
1889 April 1, to Grandma
Date:
1889-04-01
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1889 April 6, Magnolia, St. Augustine, to Grandma
Title:
1889 April 6, to Grandma
Date:
1889-04-09
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Emily Howland letter draft to Isabel Howland
Title:
Emily Howland letter draft to Isabel Howland
Description:
Draft of a letter written, possibly to Howland's niece Isabel, while Howland traveled around the Southern U.S. visiting African American schools with reformer Mary F. Eastman; for the finished letter, see A00186172. Discusses a spontaneous detour to Beaufort, South Carolina, where they saw a funeral led by the Vanderbilt Benevolent Association. Relates a conversation with the mayor of Beaufort about state politics and the local African American population. Mentions a friendly interaction between a Union and Confederate veteran and the fading of the "hating spirit" of sectional tensions. Discusses visiting Elizabeth Botume, head of an African American school, and her plans to retire. Mentions meeting Robert Smalls (mistakenly called Samuel Smalls). Relates the life-story of their carriage driver, whose wife had died of cancer. Mentions Miss Eastman's suffrage proselytization. Describes their time in Savannah, Georgia, where they visited the Chatham Academy and a school for African Americans. Asks the recipient to publish extracts of the letter.
Date:
1891-04-10
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Isabel Howland
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Isabel Howland
Description:
Written, possibly to Howland's niece Isabel, while Howland traveled around the Southern U.S. visiting African American schools with reformer Mary F. Eastman; see A00186171 for a draft. Discusses a spontaneous detour to Beaufort, South Carolina, where they saw a funeral led by the Vanderbilt Benevolent Association. Relates a conversation with the mayor of Beaufort about state politics and the local African American population. Mentions a friendly interaction between a Union and Confederate veteran and the fading of the "hating spirit" of sectional tensions. Discusses visiting Elizabeth Botume, head of an African American school, and her plans to retire. Mentions meeting Robert Smalls (mistakenly called Samuel Smalls). Relates the life-story of their carriage driver, whose wife had died of cancer. Mentions Miss Eastman's suffrage proselytization. Describes their time in Savannah, Georgia, where they visited the Chatham Academy and a school for African Americans.
Date:
1891-04-10
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Rebecca White travel journal
Title:
Rebecca White travel journal
Description:
Describes her trip to the South with Dr. Ann Preston, Anna E. Massey, & Elizabeth Carr.
Date:
1857-05
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Rebecca White letter fragment
Title:
Rebecca White letter fragment
Description:
Undated fragment; probably written in 1857. Discusses traveling in Florida and Georgia and discussing slavery with Silvia, a chambermaid at White's hotel.
Date:
1857
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Rebecca White letter to Hannah White Richardson
Title:
Rebecca White letter to Hannah White Richardson
Description:
Written by Rebecca White to her sister while vacationing in Georgia and Florida. Discusses their correspondence and household maintenance. Reports on her activities, including her interactions with an enslaver and an enslaved woman. Discusses whether various southerners inferred from White's use of plain speech that she was a Quaker.
Date:
1857-05-27
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Rebecca White letter to Hannah White Richardson
Title:
Rebecca White letter to Hannah White Richardson
Description:
Written by Rebecca White to her sister while vacationing in Georgia and Florida. Discusses her activities, including the collection of plant specimens.
Date:
1857-05-22
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Rebecca White letter to Hannah White Richardson
Title:
Rebecca White letter to Hannah White Richardson
Description:
Undated; probably written in 1857-05. Describes her voyage along the coastal regions of Georgia and Florida.
Date:
1857
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College