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Aaron Sharpless letter to Rebecca Kite Brown
Title:
Aaron Sharpless letter to Rebecca Kite Brown
Date:
1848-11-26
Collection:
Sharpless Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Joshua Sharpless letters to Isaac Sharpless
Title:
Joshua Sharpless letters to Isaac Sharpless
Description:
Collection of letters written from Joshua Sharpless to his brother Isaac Sharpless. Most of the letters discuss his farm, world politics, books, his travels, and their family and friends. Several letters from 1802 describe a disease spreading around Philadelphia, presumably yellow fever. The letters are not in chronological order and many are in poor condition.
Date:
1795 - 1809
Collection:
Sharpless Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Aaron Sharpless letter to Edith Sharpless Kite
Title:
Aaron Sharpless letter to Edith Sharpless Kite
Description:
Aaron Sharpless provides updates about his immediate and extended family members. Includes a very brief note written by Aaron Sharpless's wife Susanna F. Sharpless indicating that she is enclosing some letters from their children (enclosures no longer attached).
Date:
1850-07-19
Collection:
Sharpless Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Aaron Sharpless letter to Nathan Kite and Hannah Kite
Title:
Aaron Sharpless letter to Nathan Kite and Hannah Kite
Date:
1855-05-13
Collection:
Sharpless Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Stephen Grellet Collins letter to Rebecca Collins
Title:
Stephen Grellet Collins letter to Rebecca Collins
Description:
Stephen Collins Grellet was Rebecca Collins's son. He shares news about his farm, mostly in reference to his staff and crops.
Collection:
Rebecca Singer Collins Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Susanna Kite Sharpless letter to William Kite and Mary F. Kite
Title:
Susanna Kite Sharpless letter to William Kite and Mary F. Kite
Description:
William Kite (1810-1900) was Susanna Kite Sharpless's brother and Mary F. Kite (1813-1888) was William Kite's wife. Sharpless describes her recent activities and shares news about her family and farm.
Date:
1840-03-22
Collection:
Sharpless Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Susanna Sharpless, William T. Sharpless and James F. Sharpless letters to Susanna F. Sharpless and Aaron Sharpless
Title:
Susanna Sharpless, William T. Sharpless and James F. Sharpless letters to Susanna F. Sharpless and Aaron Sharpless
Description:
May be a fragment. Susanna F. Sharpless and Aaron Sharpless's children what they have done while their parents are away and ask for them to return soon and bring gifts. Susanna Sharpless's portion was written down by someone else. The last part is unsigned and was probably written by Ann Sharpless (1850-1943).
Date:
1866-04-16
Collection:
Sharpless Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Isaac Sharpless letter to Edith Sharpless Kite
Title:
Isaac Sharpless letter to Edith Sharpless Kite
Description:
Isaac Sharpless was Edith Sharpless Kite's brother. He discusses plans to build a house for their brother Benjamin Sharpless and describes his work on his farm. He shares his frustration over the creatures that eat his crops but philosophizes that all God's creatures have a right to life and to sustain themselves.
Date:
1803-06-05
Collection:
Sharpless Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Jane J. Satterthwait letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Jane J. Satterthwait letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Jennie Satterthwait was Martha Schofield's cousin and her temporary co-teacher in Aiken, South Carolina. She has a cold and describes the hog-killing season.
Date:
1874-01
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Paxson Price letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Paxson Price letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Paxson Price was Martha Schofield's uncle through marriage. He shares news about his family and declines an offer from Schofield to go down South.
Date:
1866-01-21
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College