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Isaac Collins letter to Samuel Parsons
Title:
Isaac Collins letter to Samuel Parsons
Description:
Thanks Parsons for his letter of condolence after the recent death of Collins's son Henry Hill Collins. Imagines Henry's welcome in heaven.
Collection:
Rebecca Singer Collins Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Anna Potts letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Anna Potts letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Offers condolences for the recent death of White's sister Hannah White Richardson. Encourages White to turn to God for comfort.
Date:
1882-05-05
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Sybil Jones letter to Rebecca White and Hannah White Richardson
Title:
Sybil Jones letter to Rebecca White and Hannah White Richardson
Description:
Written by Quaker minister Sybil Jones from Oak Grove. Invites White and Richardson to visit Jones in Maine. Reflects on religious themes, including the afterlife and the importance of continued faith. Passes on news of Jones and her family, including the fact that she and her husband were running a school and the possible marriage of one of her daughters.
Date:
1858-12-04
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
R. S. Abbott letter to Rebecca White
Title:
R. S. Abbott letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Addressed to "dear cousin." Gives news of Abbott and her family, including the death of her son Joseph. Reflects on divine mercy and other religious themes. Describes in great detail the last days of her son William, who had died of diphtheria several months earlier.
Date:
1863-02-20
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 Collins letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Rebecca Collins letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Discusses the illness of Eliza Walton and Collins's attempts to dissuade her from universalism for the sake of Walton's immortal soul. Says that Quakers in New York had "come out of Wilburism."
Date:
1855-06-04
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Sarah C. Passmore letter to Rebecca White
Title:
Sarah C. Passmore letter to Rebecca White
Description:
Discusses various topics including their correspondence, Passmore's views on the afterlife and remarriage, her role in teaching the children of an African American neighbor, and White's deceased sister Hannah White Richardson.
Date:
1885-09-09 - 1885-09-10
Collection:
Rebecca White papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Lydia A. Schofield letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Lydia A. Schofield letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Lydia Schofield was Martha Schofield's sister. She talks about her religious beliefs and discusses the upcoming wedding of Anna Webster and John Bunting.
Date:
1866-01-18
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lydia A. Schofield letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Lydia A. Schofield letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Lydia Schofield was Martha Schofield's sister. Offers Martha comfort as she returns to Aiken, South Carolina, shortly after the death of their mother Mary H. Child. Says Child's spirit will be a guardian angel to Martha as she goes south.
Date:
1874-10-26
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to Sarah J. Ash
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to Sarah J. Ash
Description:
Sarah Ash was Martha Schofield's sister. Schofield offers sympathy over the recent death of Ash's son Samuel Earl Ash. She shares some of her fondest memories of Earl and writes that they should take comfort in the knowledge that he is in heaven.
Date:
1892-08-26
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to Sadie Brouwer Bartram
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to Sadie Brouwer Bartram
Description:
Martha Schofield met Sadie Brouwer Bartram in 1859 while teaching at a school in Harrison, New York, and the two remained close friends. She describes the sudden death of their neighbor William Jones. She then discusses her views on death and the afterlife. She tells Bartram not to be discouraged because she "has to act contrary to [her] feelings for [her] father's sake."
Date:
1864-01-24
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 Ash was Martha Schofield's brother-in-law. He tells her that even though it must be painful to be separated from her home and family, she is on a noble mission and will receive her "eternal reward" for it (Schofield went to South Carolina to educate freedmen after the Civil War).
Date:
1866-11-12
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield notes on a death
Title:
Martha Schofield notes on a death
Description:
Offers consolation for a recent death; says the afterlife is always on her mind.
Date:
1914
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to Mary Ash Jenkins
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to Mary Ash Jenkins
Description:
Mary Ash Jenkins was Martha Schofield's niece. Schofield offers sympathy to her niece, whose brother Samuel Earl Ash has been seriously injured in an elevator accident. She tells her to stay strong for her family and that she knows Samuel will soon be in heaven.
Date:
1892-06-16
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to Sarah J. Ash and Samuel S. Ash
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to Sarah J. Ash and Samuel S. Ash
Description:
Sarah Ash was Martha Schofield's sister, and Samuel Ash was Sarah Ash's husband. Their son Samuel Earl Ash was recently injured in an elevator accident, and Schofield encourages them to keep faith in God and take comfort in the knowledge that their son will soon be in heaven. She says he will also live on in all the wonderful memories that they have of him.
Date:
1892-06-19
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to Sadie Brouwer Bartram
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to Sadie Brouwer Bartram
Description:
Martha Schofield met Sadie Brouwer Bartram in 1859 while teaching at a school in Harrison, New York, and the two remained close friends. Discusses her cousin Abraham Bell's planned trip. Discusses death and future life. Urges Brouwer to visit her over the summer. Continuation of A00181250.
Date:
1862-03-17
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lydia A. Schofield letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Lydia A. Schofield letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Lydia Schofield was Martha Schofield's sister. She discusses religion at length and transcribes a lengthy quote from Theodore Parker. She describes Henry Ash's and her own recent dental work done by Isaiah Price, the brother of their uncle, Paxson Price. She was glad that Schofield went to the ball.
Date:
1867-03-10
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to her sisters
Description:
Martha Schofield writes about having some teachers from a local school stay with her and expresses her disdain for the teachers and the lack of progress in their school. She blames the churches for their "subjugation of woman to keep her humbled - to silence and stifle and crush and break-down - every aspiring motive, that was not in accord with the man's idea of woman' sphere." She discusses her Christmas activities and enumerates many of the gifts and cards she received. She also talks about the illness of cousin "R." and the likeliness that she will die very soon.
Date:
1882-01-01
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
David Munson Osborne letter to Lucretia Mott
Title:
David Munson Osborne letter to Lucretia Mott
Description:
David Munson Osborne is mourning the death of his "dear girl, likely his daughter Florence Osborne. He wonders if he will see her again in the afterlife. He asks Lucretia to write him her thoughts on whether or not there is an afterlife. He thanks her for her recent visit and hopes she will be able to come again soon.
Date:
1877-04-17
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

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