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1901 January 8, Bournewood, to Family
Title:
1901 January 8, to Family
Description:
Written while at Bournewood Hospital receiving treatment for nervous breakdown.
Date:
1901-01-08
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1875 November 28, Church Lane, to brother
Title:
1875 November 28, to brother
Description:
Includes detailed account of the death of Alfred Cope (1806-1875). Building at Haverford refers to construction of Barclay Hall (finished 1877) Quotation on Page 7 from Revelation 21:4. Includes mention of visit by evangelists Ira D. Sankey and Dwight L. Moody to Philadelphia.
Date:
1875-11-28
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1901 March 7, to Family
Title:
1901 March 7, to Family
Date:
1901-03-07
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1901 January, to Family
Title:
1901 January, to Family
Description:
Written while at Bournewood Hospital receiving treatment for nervous breakdown.
Date:
1901-01-01
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1889 February 13, Haddonfield, to my dear cousin Rachel
Title:
1889 February 13, to my dear cousin Rachel
Date:
1889-02-13
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1900 July 29, Mosgiel, to My dearest Mother
Title:
1900 July 29, to My dearest Mother
Description:
The author describes her daughter's illness. See also hsc5309.
Date:
1900-07-29
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1830 May 15, Woodbourne, to Brother, Philadelphia
Title:
1830 May 15, Philadelphia
Date:
1830-05-15
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
1892 July 14, Awbury, to Dear Anna
Title:
1892 July 14, to Dear Anna
Date:
1892-07-14
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Description:
Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott talks about recent activities of family and friends. She discusses Anna Davis Hallowell's depression and her parents' efforts to keep it secret; in her opinion it is "a mistaken idea that mental disturbances must not be spoken of and treated as other ills." She talks about going to the wedding of William Still's daughter to a former slave (William Still was an abolitionist and son of former slaves). Many prominent abolitionists were at the wedding, including Robert Purvis, Passmore Williamson, and Mary Grew.
Date:
1869-12-31
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
1901 January 2, to Family
Title:
1901 January 2, to Family
Description:
Written while at Bournewood Hospital receiving treatment for nervous breakdown.
Date:
1901-01-02
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Anna Webster Bunting letter to Martha Schofield
Title:
Anna Webster Bunting letter to Martha Schofield
Description:
Anna Webster Bunting was a close friend of Martha Schofield's. She wishes Schofield success and good health while teaching in Aiken, South Carolina, and hopes she will get along well with her companion, Mary Taylor Stone. She describes in detail the mental illness and suicide attempts of her mother-in-law.
Date:
1868-11-23
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
E.S. Kirkland letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
E.S. Kirkland letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Encloses annual subscription fee of $5 for the "Home." Provides updates on her family, including her brother William's attack of insanity.
Date:
1871-03-06
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
1901 January 19, to Father & Mother
Title:
1901 January 19, to Father & Mother
Description:
Letter written on January 19 & January 25, 1901. Written while at Bournewood Hospital receiving treatment for nervous breakdown.
Date:
1901-01-19
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Martha Schofield letter to Mary Ash Jenkins
Title:
Martha Schofield letter to Mary Ash Jenkins
Description:
Mary Jenkins was Martha Schofield's niece. Schofield writes about tending to the step-mother of a friend who was suffering from delerium and ended up being admitted to an asylum. Most of her school's staff has left or will leave soon for the summer, but she plans to stay a while to get some important things done. She plans to hire a supervising principal by next term.
Date:
1903-05-18
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College