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Graceanna Lewis letter to Hannah
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to Hannah
Description:
Graceanna Lewis tells Hannah the news that her "only remaining sister, Rebecca, has died from an illness. Lewis tells Hannah of the hours before her death and informs her that funeral plans have not yet been made.
Date:
1893-04-30
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. She tells of an idea she has for celebrating Fussell's son Robert Fussell's ninth birthday, and she asks for the bill to be sent to her for his cake. She wonders how the heater in Fussell's house works and whether it keeps the house comfortable. She then complains of how cold her classroom is in the mornings. Lewis mentions that she cannot "in [good] conscience" recommend her friends to send their children to the Foster School for Girls (where Lewis was teaching at the time) because of what she sees, and she expresses gratitude that she was brought up in the Society of Friends where virtues like kindness and love were emphasized as opposed to fear of the Devil.
Date:
1884-01-13
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 praises the way Fussell runs her household and has raised her children and proposes taking her mother to Media for her birthday and buying handkerchiefs as a present. She also grieves someone named Emma, likely Fussell's sister Emma Jane Fussell, who died from an illness caught while tending to sick and wounded soldiers during the Civil War.
Date:
1883-05-30
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 praises Fussell for a decision she made which protected her children from getting sick.
Date:
1883-12-27
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 expresses her love for her niece Fussell and Fussell's infant daughter, Alice Fussell.
Date:
1871-12-30
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 writes that she intends to visit Fussell soon as well as their cousin Milton Fussell. She also mentions that their cousin Morris Fussell is doing much better after his accident in the harvest fields.
Date:
1870-07-13
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 talks about how fortunate Fussell is for her "happy home" and advises her to rest often. She also recommends solutions for poor circulation and encloses money for her children.
Date:
1885-03-06
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter to Edwin Fussell
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to Edwin Fussell
Description:
Edwin Fussell was Graceanna Lewis' cousin who married her sister, Rebecca Lewis Fussell. Lewis talks about spending time at the beach with Fussell's young daughter Mary Townsend Fussell.
Date:
1856-07-13
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter to Charles Lewis Fussell
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to Charles Lewis Fussell
Description:
Charles Lewis Fussell was Graceanna Lewis' nephew. Lewis describes visiting Fussell's sister Mary and her children and her wish to paint a portrait of the family, or to have Fussell, a prominent artist, paint the family.
Date:
1886-1888
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter to Mary Townsend Fussell, Henry M. Fussell, and their children
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to Mary Townsend Fussell, and their children
Description:
Mary Townsend Fussell was Graceanna Lewis' niece and Henry M. Fussell was Fussell's husband. Lewis expresses great love for her niece and her family.
Date:
1910-12-24
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter
Description:
Addressed to "Hannah" and likely to Graceanna Lewis' friend and fellow Quaker Hannah Wright Mifflin. Lewis explains that she was unable to write earlier because her nephews came over to her home to use her microscope and she was subsequently invited to dinner with their parents. She also talks about some house repairs that she is having done. She also discusses her plants and some family affairs.
Date:
1900-09-10
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter
Description:
Addressed to "Dear Friend." Lewis discusses the Christmas cards and gifts she's received, expressing particular delight at receiving the book "Sharp Eyes" by Hamilton Gibson, whom she admires greatly. She mentions that she has little desire to write letters, mostly because it is painful and she worries that it is a result of neuralgia. She discusses corresponding with Grace R. Lewis, a woman she became acquainted with through a cousin and whom she suspects may be a relative.
Date:
1906-12-28
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College