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Mary Kite letter to Rebecca Walton
Title:
Mary Kite letter to Rebecca Walton
Description:
Mourns the death of Mary Kite's niece and Rebecca Walton's sister Mary Harper Brown (1819-1857).
Date:
1857-12-03
Collection:
Sharpless Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Mary Kite letter to Joseph Kite
Title:
Mary Kite letter to Joseph Kite
Description:
Laments the state of the Society of Friends, likely in reference to the Wilburite-Gurneyite controversy. Discusses the recent death of Benjamin Cope (also spelled Coope) and his dying words in favor of John Wilbur. Also describes the death of "Aunt Lydia, who was attended by her Hicksite brother and reported seeing visions of the heavenly hosts.
Date:
1845-12-27
Collection:
Sharpless Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Mary Kite letter to Susanna Kite Sharpless
Title:
Mary Kite letter to Susanna Kite Sharpless
Description:
Discusses caring for her elderly mother. Discusses a terminally sick friend. Comments on the independence that Susanna's skill with horses gave her.
Date:
1840-10-01
Collection:
Sharpless Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Mary Kite letter to her niece
Title:
Mary Kite letter to her niece
Description:
Probably written to Mary Kite's niece Rebecca Walton (1814-1859). Discusses events in the Society of Friends, her brother Joseph Kite's recent death, and the life of her brother Thomas Kite. Gives Rebecca advice for speaking in Quaker meeting and writes of other religious matters. Mentions Quaker gravestones being buried on the advice of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.
Date:
1854-12-10
Collection:
Sharpless Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Susan H. Lloyd letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Susan H. Lloyd letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Offers condolences for the recent death of White's mother.
Date:
1855-04-30
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Hannah White Richardson letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Hannah White Richardson letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Written by Hannah White Richardson, Quaker author of spiritual works, founder and benefactor of the Medical College of Pennsylvania, and sister of Rebecca White. Discusses spending time in New York City and in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania (referred to as "Mauch Chunk"). Reminisces on earlier visits and reflects on death from a religious perspective. Lists her companions.
Date:
1860-07-20
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Rebecca Collins letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Rebecca Collins letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Discusses the recent death of Sarah N. Dickinson and reflects on its religious aspects; quotes some relevant poetry.
Date:
1872
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Rebecca W. Allinson letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Rebecca W. Allinson letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Signed R. W. A.; likely from Quaker minister Rebecca W. Allinson. Asks after Rebecca White and her sister, possibly in relation to the recent death of their mother Elizabeth White. Reflects on religious themes and the afterlife. Discusses various others including the deceased Abigail Hoag, and mentions the success of a school for African Americans.
Date:
1855-05-04
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Rebecca W. Allinson letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Rebecca W. Allinson letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Signed R. W. Allinson; likely from Quaker minister Rebecca W. Allinson. Asks for news of White and her family. Discusses the death of a sister or sister-in-law and reflects on religious themes. Refers to "the H— separatists, perhaps in reference to Hicksite Quakers. Mentions that Helen Apps planned to travel to New York to pursue her algebra and mathematical studies."
Date:
1856-12-04
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Sibyl Narcissa Beale letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Sibyl Narcissa Beale letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Written by Sibyl Narcissa Jacob, later known as Sibyl Beale, daughter of Eli and Sybil Jones. Offers condolences for the death of White's sister Hannah White Richardson and Hannah's husband Richard and offers religious comfort.
Date:
1882-06-14
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Sibyl Narcissa Beale letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Sibyl Narcissa Beale letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Written by Sibyl Narcissa Jones, later known as Sibyl Jacob and Sibyl Beale, daughter of Eli and Sybil Jones. Offers condolences for the death of White's mother Elizabeth White and offers religious comfort.
Date:
1855
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Mary Kite letter
Title:
Mary Kite letter
Description:
Addressed to a friend named Benjamin. Mary Kite mourns the death of her brother Thomas Kite (1785-1845). Discusses the state of the Society of Friends in reference to the "snares and stratagems" of the Wilburite controversy.
Date:
1845-05-09
Collection:
Sharpless Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Mary H. Child and Eliza H. Schofield letters to Martha Schofield
Title:
Mary H. Child and Eliza H. Schofield letters to Martha Schofield
Description:
Mary H. Child and Eliza H. Schofield were Martha Schofield's mother and sister, respectively. Mary H. Child discusses news of friends and family, especially an elderly friend of Martha's who is near death. Eliza Schofield boasts about her housekeeping and mentions that she has had a gentleman caller.
Date:
1874-03-08
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Signed "Sarah." Mentions a visit to the dying Harmon Hutton. Discusses visiting Schofield's school in Aiken, South Carolina, and comments on Schofield's ability to help others.
Date:
1874-05-10
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Signed "Sarah." Discusses Harmon Hutton's death and Schofield's relationship with him.
Date:
1874-05-18
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Mary Hussey Earle
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Mary Hussey Earle
Description:
Written from Roadside. Discusses several recent deaths, including that of Gertrude Kimber Burleigh's father; theology; the economy of Nantucket its Quaker population; Quaker minister Elizabeth Comstock; and other topics.
Date:
1863-02-20
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright and Maria Mott Davis
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright and Maria Mott Davis
Description:
Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott discusses the war and the aid work for freedmen and contraband (formerly enslaved people who escaped to Union lines) undertaken by her, her sister, and other Quakers. She also mentions excitement over the freedmen at Port Royal, conversations with politician and social reformer Robert Dale Owen, the fact that either Joseph Carpenter or Lydia Maria Child sheltered fugitive slaves, the deaths of friends and relatives, spiritualism, and Charles Dall's missionary work in India and his opinion on the Sepoy Mutiny.
Date:
1862-11-20
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
William Lloyd Garrison letter to Lucretia Mott
Title:
William Lloyd Garrison letter to Lucretia Mott
Description:
Most of the letter consists of William Lloyd Garrison's praise for Lucretia Mott. Garrison also discusses death, his and Mott's health, Mott's upcoming wedding anniversary, and his plans to travel to Europe in the near future. In addition, he thanks Mott for helping abolitionist George Thompson.
Date:
1867-04-08
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
Description:
Fragment; had been mailed with another letter. Lucretia Mott consoles her sister, who has recently lost a child, and discusses the daily happenings of her life.
Date:
1849-1852
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Letter to Graceanna Lewis
Title:
Letter to Graceanna Lewis
Description:
From a friend named Mary; last name is illegible. Writer asks how Lewis's reform work is going, and expresses frustration at the lack of action on the part of many Quakers. Mentions Lydia Wearman and Elizabeth Fuller speaking at Meeting. Also mentions a colored man named James Pennington and discusses the author's fear of death.
Date:
1844-06-03
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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