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Graceanna Lewis letter to Mary Townsend Fussell
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to Mary Townsend Fussell
Description:
Mary Townsend Fussell was Graceanna Lewis' niece. Lewis requests that Mary come to the Decoration Day ceremony to commemorate those who were lost in the Civil War. She plans to go to the grave of Emma Jane Fussell, Mary Fussell's sister who died while nursing the sick and wounded during the Civil War.
Date:
1868-1912
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Susan Fussell letter to Graceanna Lewis, Mariann Lewis, and Elizabeth Lewis
Title:
Susan Fussell letter to Graceanna Lewis, and Elizabeth Lewis
Description:
Susan Fussell was a cousin of Graceanna, Mariann, and Elizabeth Lewis. Fussell expresses grief over the death of Graceanna Lewis' sister Rebecca Lewis Fussell's daughter Emma Jane Fussell. She tells that many men have volunteered since the order for drafting was issued. Talks of her brother Joshua Fussell's experience in the war and talks of aiding the soldiers. She expresses anger that some members of her Quaker Meeting are against helping sick soldiers because they believe that would be against Quaker principles; Fussell feels that helping the soldiers is simple human decency.
Date:
1862-08-10
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter to Rebecca Lewis Fussell and Edwin Fussell
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to Rebecca Lewis Fussell and Edwin Fussell
Description:
Rebecca Lewis Fussell was Graceanna Lewis' sister; Edwin Fussell was Rebecca Lewis Fussell's husband. Lewis offers them condolences after the death of their daughter Emma Jane Fussell. She has sent obituary notices to several abolitionist newspapers.
Date:
1862-08-21
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College