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1837 June 30, Haverford, to Dear Father, Philadelphia
Title:
1837 June 30, Philadelphia
Date:
1837-06-30
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Edith Sharpless letter to Aaron Sharpless
Title:
Edith Sharpless letter to Aaron Sharpless
Date:
1828-04-23
Collection:
Sharpless Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
1836 June 2, Haverford, to Dear Father, Philadelphia
Title:
1836 June 2, Philadelphia
Date:
1836-06-02
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Graceanna Lewis and Mariann Lewis letter to Edwin Fussell
Title:
Graceanna Lewis and Mariann Lewis letter to Edwin Fussell
Description:
Edwin Fussell was Graceanna Lewis's cousin who married her sister, Rebecca Lewis Fussell. Lewis writes about her family, including her sister Rebecca, Aunt Rebecca, Grandfather, and Grandmother. The second part of the letter is written by her sister Mariann who talks about how Lucretia Mott had an appointed Meeting at Charlestown and Valley Meeting and mentions her studies, including French, exposition, and botany.
Date:
1836-10-16
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter to Esther Fussell Lewis, William Fussell and Co.
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to Esther Fussell Lewis, William Fussell and Co.
Description:
Esther Fussell Lewis was Graceanna Lewis' mother; William Fussell was Esther Fussell Lewis' brother. Written while Lewis was teaching at a boarding school in York, Pennsylvania. Lewis writes that Phoebe Wright attended Yearly Meeting and tells them about it (likely referring to abolitionist Phebe Wierman Wright). She tells a story about going for a walk and finding two flowers she'd never seen before and then going to see Howard Gilbert and his pupils for help in identifying them. She also talks about visiting the "Poor House" a quarter mile away.
Date:
1842-05-20
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 relationship with her coworkers at the Foster School for Girls, tells of adventures with a well-known botanist, and a Miss Port who is spending time at the sanitarium. She describes being one of the oldest teachers there and how she feels that the younger teachers and students alike look up to her as a maternal figure. She also discusses the letters and news she has received from various family members.
Date:
1883-10-17
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 tells of a recent lecture she went to about horticulture and explains the differences between poisonous mushrooms and non-poisonous mushrooms and how to identify each. She briefly mentions attending a Meeting and also shares updates on her family.
Date:
1883
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 grand-nephew. Lewis tells them that she loves the school where she is teaching (the Foster School for Girls) and that she wishes that they both could come be students in her classes. She also asks them to take some samples of liverwort and fern and gives them instructions on how to tend to them so they grow enough for her to show to her students.
Date:
1883-09-23
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis letter fragment
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter fragment
Description:
Graceanna Lewis describes a school, likely the Foster School for Girls where she taught from 1883-1885, and writes about the books she has been studying. She describes how she came across algae and conducted experiments with it. She has an upcoming meeting planned with Dr. Adele Amelia Gleason and mentions her mother, Rachel Gleason, the fourth woman to earn a medical degree in the United States.
Date:
1883-1885
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 apologizes for not replying to Hannah sooner. She describes going through her letters and burning many of them. She discusses the plants and trees she encountered at the Minshall-Painter Arboretum (now the Tyler Arboretum) and the different plants she is growing at home and hopes to grow. She also talks about some social events she recently attended, including the Friends First Day School and a woman's club reception.
Date:
1899-10-06
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Graceanna Lewis plant sketches
Title:
Graceanna Lewis plant sketches
Description:
Sketches drawn by Graceanna Lewis with labels that describe the plants her great-niece and great-nephew Alice and Robert Fussell have brought to her.
Date:
1883-04-10
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' great-nephew. Lewis reflects on Fussell as a baby and shares a memory of him smelling flowers with her. She thanks him for giving her descriptions on his young brother Lewis, as Graceanna Lewis is unable to see him growing up but she delights in what she is told of him. Lewis tells Fussell how lucky he is to have such a loving family, as there are children who do not have this privilege. One of her student's fathers gave her an "aquarium" (fish tank) for school use and she explains the types of materials the students have helped her place in it for the fish they will get. She also gives tips for growing plants at home.
Date:
1884-03-22
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 recounts how a Miss Watkins asked her whether she wanted to be addressed as "Miss" or "Professor" on paper, and Lewis states that although she would prefer the title Professor, considering she does do a large amount of work in teaching students, unfortunately since the institution where she teaches is "not an endowed one, she cannot take this title. She laments that this would maybe have helped her publish her book. Lewis writes of her stress about the work she has to create for her students on the topics of Geology, Paleontology, Botany, and Zoology. She mentions that she has been examining over fifty plants as of late and hopes to look at more. Lewis brings up a Miss Kelsie" who has worked as a missionary in China and talks about her interest in "foreign people."
Date:
1884-05-21
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
William R. Dudley letter to Emily Howland
Title:
William R. Dudley letter to Emily Howland
Description:
William Russel Dudley was a botanist who taught at Cornell University at the time of this letter. Identifies a plant specimen that Howland sent him, which he describes in detail, and enquires about the origins of another sample he does not recognize.
Date:
1876-06-28
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Mary Reed letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Mary Reed letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Identifies a plant Howland had sent to Reed and discusses Asa Grey's new work on botany.
Date:
1879-09-23
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Caroline F. Putnam letter to Isabel Howland
Title:
Caroline F. Putnam letter to Isabel Howland
Description:
Caroline F. Putnam was an abolitionist and educator of freedmen. Mentions the departure of Miss Crosby, a teacher at the freedmen's school in Heathsville. Tells Howland about the plants that grow in Virginia.
Date:
1869-06-15
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Caroline F. Putnam letter to Hannah Letchworth Howland
Title:
Caroline F. Putnam letter to Hannah Letchworth Howland
Description:
Caroline F. Putnam was an abolitionist and educator of freedmen. Written from the Potomac River; likely to Hannah Hannah Letchworth Howland. Discusses the education of freedmen at the school Putnam oversaw and their teacher Miss Crosby, as well as the flora of the South. Also talks about politics.
Date:
1869-06-18
Collection:
Emily Howland 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
Graceanna Lewis letter to Rebecca Lewis Fussell
Title:
Graceanna Lewis letter to Rebecca Lewis Fussell
Description:
Rebecca Lewis Fussell was Graceanna Lewis' sister. Lewis opens the letter by describing a dream she had that someone she knew gave birth to a baby boy. She discusses "Cousin Adie, who started up her own kindergarten, and Cousin Susan, likely Ada and Susan Fussell. Lewis talks about the different plants that Adie has had success in growing, and mentions that Mrs. Foster has been sending her plants to grow. The end of the letter consists of her complaints about grading and excitement and anxiety surrounding Dr. Lewis putting her in charge of a department at school.
Date:
1883-11-07
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter (published)
Title:
Emily Howland letter (published)
Description:
Letter written from Rome by Emily Howland and published in a local paper, likely the Auburn Journal. Describes sightseeing in Rome with a focus on its ancient history and skepticism about its sacred history. Also discusses the trees and plants of the area.
Date:
1885-01-11
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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