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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. Discusses her illness, recent events, and news about family/friends. Is anxious about returning home. Expresses her deep love for Schofield.
Date:
1867-08-26
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sarah Hopper Emerson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Sarah Hopper Emerson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Date:
1879-07-29
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons 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
Sadie Brouwer Bartram letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Sadie Brouwer Bartram letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Martha Schofield met Sadie Brouwer in 1859 while teaching at a school in Harrison, New York, and the two remained close friends. Bouwer discusses her friendships with her cousin Mary and with Schofield; a wedding she attended at Trinity Church; her discomfort at the idea of marriages not founded on love; and her struggle to conform with her ideas about morality. Says, As thee is my husband I give to thee all the devoted love of a true friend and I hope a dutiful wife and signs the letter "thy affectionate friend and wife."
Date:
1864-10-02
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College