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1911 May 8, Awbury, to My dear Lillie
Title:
1911 May 8, to My dear Lillie
Date:
1911-05-08
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1911 May 10, Awbury, to My dear Lillie
Title:
1911 May 10, to My dear Lillie
Date:
1911-05-10
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
S. M. Landon letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
S. M. Landon letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
S. M. Landon [sp] taught freedmen on Saint Helena Island in South Carolina after the Civil War. She describes the conditions on Saint Helena Island.
Date:
1869-03-22
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Unsigned; possibly a fragment. Possibly written by Gulie Jones. Discusses traveling with Margaret Jones Burleigh and Mary Grew to visit schools for African Americans, including the Penn School, run by Laura Towne and Ellen Murray. Mentions encountering Charlotte Forten Grimké. Tells briefly of Mary Grew preaching in a baptist church. Frequently mentions the types of plants encountered.
Date:
1872-04-05
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Elizabeth Hunn Judd letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Elizabeth Hunn Judd letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
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.
Date:
1869-04-18
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College