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1883 July 11, Meadow Farm, to sister
Title:
1883 July 11, to sister
Date:
1883-07-11
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1887 September 28, Philadelphia, to My dear wife
Title:
1887 September 28, to My dear wife
Date:
1887-09-28
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1883 August 18, Philadelphia, to wife
Title:
1883 August 18, to wife
Description:
Written on stationary of "The Philadelphia Creamery Supply Co. Limited, 160 N. Twenty-Second St., Jonathan Evans, Chairman."
Date:
1883-08-18
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1872 September 18, to My Dear Mother
Title:
1872 September 18, to My Dear Mother
Date:
1872-09-18
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Mary L. Van Buskirk diary, September 1881
Title:
Mary L. Van Buskirk diary, September 1881
Description:
Detailed account of Van Buskirk's visit to her sisters Julia Wilbur and Francis Hartwell in Washington, D.C., from September 15th to 30th, 1881. About half the book is spent detailing Mount Vernon, which the sisters visited. It also describes in detail the death and funeral of president James A. Garfield, including a speech given by Frederick Douglass. The rest describes visiting various places in Washington and Alexandria, including the Navy Yard, former slave pens, the "colored home for the friendless and orphan children, Howard University, the Capitol, Lafayette Square, Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church, Georgetown, Long Bridge, Oak Hill Cemetery, the Patent Office, the Corcoran Gallery, the Dead Letter Office, Arlington Cemetery, and the National Museum at the Smithsonian Institute. Compare mc1158_02_01_001, Julia Wilbur's diary for 1881, which describes some of the same events.
Date:
1881-09
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
1911 October 17, Awbury, to My dear Lillie
Title:
1911 October 17, to My dear Lillie
Date:
1911-10-17
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Julia Wilbur "Excelsior" diary, 1881
Title:
Julia Wilbur "Excelsior" diary, 1881
Description:
Wilbur wrote daily page-length entries describing significant events in detail. Much of diary discusses her working conditions at the Patent Office and her correspondence. Other themes include her health, her relationship with her sister Frances Hartwell, and the assassination and funeral of President James A. Garfield. The diary also discusses congressional sessions and White House receptions which Wilbur attended throughout the year, as well as a women's suffrage convention in January and a temperance convention in October. The notes in the back of the diary record over a decade of Memorial ("Decoration") Day events Wilbur attended and summarize her finances. See also mc1158_06_06_001, a diary kept by Wilbur's sister Mary Van Buskirk during a visit to Washington in September 1881.
Date:
1881
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
1877 October 12, Montrose, to Lilly
Title:
1877 October 12, to Lilly
Date:
1877-10-12
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1897 September 8, Awbury, to My Dear Wife
Title:
1897 September 8, to My Dear Wife
Date:
1897-09-08
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Brief Sketch of the Last Hours of Henry H. Collins
Title:
Brief Sketch of the Last Hours of Henry H. Collins
Description:
Detailed account of the final sickness, death, and burial of Henry Hill Collins, Rebecca Collins's stepson. Includes detailed descriptions of the people who visited him, including Joseph John Gurney, and his medical treatment.
Collection:
Rebecca Singer Collins Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Mary Kite letter to Rebecca Walton
Title:
Mary Kite letter to Rebecca Walton
Date:
1857-08-15
Collection:
Sharpless Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Letters from Marie Litzinger to her sister Margaret, September 13-23, 1923
Title:
Letters from Marie Litzinger to her sister Margaret, 1923
Description:
Two letters from Marie to her sister. The first letter describes Marie's visit to the King's palace in great detail. The second letter describes the funeral for four Italians killed in Greece.
Collection:
Marie Litzinger Papers
1862 September 30, Deed for Burial Lot, So. Western Ground
Title:
1862 September 30, So. Western Ground
Date:
1862-09-30
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Rebecca Walton letter to Edith Sharpless Kite
Title:
Rebecca Walton letter to Edith Sharpless Kite
Description:
Edith Sharpless Kite (1777-1861) was Rebecca Walton's aunt. She describes attending Monthly Meeting, having several Quakers over for dinner, some of the events at Baltimore Yearly Meeting, and the funeral of Edith Lippincott.
Date:
1855-10-29
Collection:
Sharpless Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Eliza Paul Gurney letter to Rebecca Collins
Title:
Eliza Paul Gurney letter to Rebecca Collins
Description:
Eliza P. Gurney was the third wife of Joseph John Gurney, a prominent Quaker minister. She regrets that she and her husband are not at home to receive Rebecca Collins for a visit, but they have decided not to move Joseph John Gurney from Cromer, England, until he recovers more fully from his recent illness. She writes at length about the death and funeral of her brother-in-law David Clarke.
Collection:
Rebecca Singer Collins Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
1888 July 24, Philadelphia, to My dearest wife
Title:
1888 July 24, to My dearest wife
Date:
1888-07-24
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Mary Kite letter to her brother
Title:
Mary Kite letter to her brother
Date:
1859-05-28
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 their and their neighbor's house. Passes on news of family and friends. Describes the funeral of Sarah Scattergood.
Date:
1836-09-25
Collection:
Sharpless Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Mary Kite letter Mary F. Kite
Title:
Mary Kite letter Mary F. Kite
Description:
Discusses recent events and news concerning family/friends, including the funeral of her neighbor and her attendance at Monthly Meeting.
Date:
1859-03-27
Collection:
Sharpless Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
1880 April 25, to Wife
Title:
1880 April 25, to Wife
Date:
1880-04-25
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers

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