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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 Mary Townsend Fussell
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to Mary Townsend Fussell
Description:
Mary Townsend Fussell was Graceanna Lewis' niece. Lewis is making dresses and aprons for Fussell's children. She writes about her students at the Foster School for Girls and how pleased she is they are learning so well despite having little time to study.
Date:
1885-03-27
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter to Alice Fussell and Robert Fussell
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to Alice Fussell and Robert Fussell
Description:
Alice and Robert Fussell were Graceanna Lewis' great-niece and great-nephew, respectively. Lewis recounts things she saw at the Academy of Natural Sciences "soiree, including microscopes and butterflies.
Date:
1875-1909
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' nephew. She thanks him for bringing her jam and asks him to keep note of all the "lovely" things his baby brother does so that when they get older they can reflect on them and save it for future generations. She brings this up because her mother has a collection of papers about an ancestor with the surname Foulke, and because of this knowledge she met the wife of a distant relative at a lecture at the Academy of Natural Sciences. She also relates an anecdote about a monkey and a dog.
Date:
1883-02-25
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter to Rebecca Lewis Fussell
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to Rebecca Lewis Fussell
Description:
Rebecca Lewis Fussell was Graceanna Lewis' sister. Lewis discusses her recent trip to Chester County, where she came across old friends, Elijah F. and others, the former who was now stricken with neuralgia and malaria. She recounts the adventure viewing orchards and "the Old Grove yard" and describes furniture that belonged to her Grandfather Lewis.
Date:
1884-08-24
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter to Rebecca Lewis Fussell
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to Rebecca Lewis Fussell
Description:
Rebecca Lewis Fussell was Graceanna Lewis' sister. Lewis expresses her thankfulness that Lewis is "getting better." She also mentions a scientific convention that is happening soon and suggests that Linnaeus Fussell would greatly benefit from attending and meeting professionals in the scientific field.
Date:
1884-09-03
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College