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Elizabeth Dorsey letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Elizabeth Dorsey letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Elizabeth Dorsey was a prominent teacher and treasurer of the Germantown Freedmen's Aid Society. Enclosed with a letter from Martha Schofield's mother Mary H. Child (A00182773). Has been too busy traveling to respond to Schofield's letter and hopes to meet with her once Schofield has returned from her own travels. Hopes that Schofield's travels have helped improve her health.
Date:
1868-08-02
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Signed "Sarah." Thanks Schofield for spiritual counsel. Discusses the possibility of visiting Schofield in Aiken, South Carolina; mentions that her invalid friend Mary Fields is interested in traveling there. Briefly comments on the failure of the Freedman's Bank.
Date:
1875-09-17
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Signed "Sarah." Answers Schofield's questions about a Miss Bradshaw who is interested in boarding with Schofield in Aiken, South Carolina. Discusses mutual friends named Amos and Clem. Expresses dissatisfaction with living in a boarding house. Explains why she cannot go to Aiken with Schofield this fall. Discusses Quaker minister George Truman.
Date:
1868-1877
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Samuel S. Ash letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Samuel S. Ash letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Samuel Shinn Ash was Martha Schofield's brother-in-law. Gives various news of family and friends, including the fact that Ash has recently hired two African American women as domestic servants and that a doctor is traveling south for his health.
Date:
1873-04-24
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sallie J. Haldeman letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Sallie J. Haldeman letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Responds to a letter by Martha Schofield published in the New York Herald Tribune (15 November 1876) describing the violence southern whites committed on African Americans. Says that the northern winters have been bad for her health and that she would like to move south. Asks Schofield if she knows of any available teaching positions near Aiken.
Date:
1876-11-22
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Elizabeth Satterthwaite letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Elizabeth Satterthwaite letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
"Lizzie" Satterthwaite was Martha Schofield's cousin. She has been suffering with some health issues and will likely be travelling to a more suitable climate but has not yet decided whether to go to Aiken or "El Moro." She provides brief updates about her family members. There is an additional note signed M.S., possibly from Lizzie's sister Mary Satterthwaite.
Date:
1887-12-10
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Joseph Martin letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Joseph Martin letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Martin has read the letters that Martha Schofield wrote describing the situations of African Americans in South Carolina which were published in the New York Tribune. He tells Schofield that he is in ill health and was advised by his doctor to move down South, and asks her if she has any employment opportunities for him. He adds that he is a true friend to African American people.
Date:
1877-12-07
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
George Truman letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
George Truman letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
George Truman was a Quaker minister, dentist, and abolitionist. Discusses the custom of invalids spending the winter in the South. Passes on news of friends and family. Describes a plan to hold Quaker meetings in the evenings so younger Friends can attend.
Date:
1874-12-29
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Signed "S" (for "Sarah"). Discusses her recent move, her reading, and Harmon Hutton. Passes on news of family and friends. Comments on F.L. Walker's recent letter to Schofield (A00183001). Discusses various people considering traveling to the South for their health.
Date:
1874-09-27
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Addressed to "Mary Schofield." From W. Ames [sp]. The writer thanks Schofield for her prompt response to their correspondence. The writer inquires about the climate in Aiken on behalf of his friend's wife who suffers from health issues; is likely referring to Lucretia Mott's grandson Henry Corbit Davis and his wife, Martha Mellor Davis, who died in France in 1874.
Date:
1869-04-22
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Sarah Hopper Emerson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Sarah Hopper Emerson letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Emerson discusses her husband William's health and the doctor's advice that he travel to Minnesota to avoid the warm weather of spring. Passes on news of friends and family.
Date:
1864-01-28
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Gertrude Flanders letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Gertrude Flanders letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Written by Gertrude Flanders, a teacher at the Sherwood Select School in Sherwood, New York. Describes Flanders's surroundings in Truro, Massachusetts, where she had gone for her health. Discusses the work of the lifeguards.
Date:
1897-08-09
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Belva Lockwood letter to Frank Gardner
Title:
Belva Lockwood letter to Frank Gardner
Description:
Written on "The Woman's National Press Association" stationery. Frank D. Gardner was Belva Lockwood's nephew. Discusses her recent birthday and the poor health of both herself and Gardner. Recommends the mountains of North Carolina as a good place for Gardner to recover. Briefly mentions Gifford Pinchot investigating the Adirondacks and the death of Joseph J. Pulitzer.
Date:
1911-10-30
Collection:
Belva Ann Lockwood Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Emily Howland letter to Isabel Howland
Title:
Emily Howland letter to Isabel Howland
Description:
Written to Isabel Howland, a women's rights activist and niece of Emily Howland. Asks why Isabel was lingering in Atlantic City instead of moving on to warmer climates for her health. Remarks on receiving 1918 issues of "Unity" magazine, the government confiscation of which had been fought by Jenkin Lloyd Jones. Passes on news of friends and neighbors. Opines that "Travelling is unspeakable."
Date:
1923-03-19
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
William Stone letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
William Stone letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Major William Stone was a Union Army officer, Freedman's Bureau agent, and later served as Attorney General of South Carolina. Stone confesses to Martha Schofield that he is in love with her co-teacher at the Schofield School, Mary Taylor (whom he married later in 1869). He also inquires about several aspects of the school and says that he hopes her trip to Charleston succeeded in improving her health.
Date:
1869-04-04
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Letter to Martha Schofield and Eliza H. Schofield
Title:
Letter to Martha Schofield and Eliza H. Schofield
Description:
Signed by "Cousin R", possibly Rachel Price Hicks; addressed to Martha Schofield and "Lizzie", probably her sister Eliza H. Schofield. Discusses family and friends, including Martha Train (apparently a teacher of orphans), Quaker dress, work as a teacher under a Quaker committee with strict expectations, and horseback riding. [Note: This document includes [racist/homophobic/colonialist/etc.] language. Library staff have transcribed it accurately, as the word choices provide information about the document's creator.]
Date:
1873-02-09
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College