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Photocopies, transferred from FMS 33 of papers of William Townsend (ca. 1780-1855), a Quaker of Perquimans and Northampton counties, North Carolina, and Hendricks County, Ind. Includes letters from relatives in North Carolina and Iowa, and the will of William Townsend. Also includes one letter to Rebecca Parker of Plainfield, Ind.

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Notebook with records of marriages and funerals in Clinton and adjacent counties, Ohio, conducted by Mary Emma (Spencer) Townsend (1855-1933), Quaker minister of Martinsville, Ohio. Also includes a history of the Dover, Clinton County, Ohio, WCTU and membership list for Martinsville Friends Meeting.

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Journal and letters of Elizabeth J. (Brown) Vanskiver (1800-1886), a Hicksite Friend of Preble County, Ohio. Includes a journal of a journey from Burlington County, New Jersey to Ohio, 1815, and letters, 1822-1858, from relatives in Maiden Creek, New Jersey, and Huntington County, Ind. Includes some letters to Elizabeth's daughter, Hannah J. Vanskiver, born 1831. Photocopies transferred from FMS 33.

Scope and Contents Consists of diary and autobiographical notes of Lydia (Bond) Wasson (1800-1853), a Hicksite Friend of Wayne and Laporte counties, Ind., with comments on family, travels in the ministry, and the Hicksite separation. Also contains a diary of a visit in 1867 to relatives and friends in Wayne and Henry counties, Ind. by her daughter, Charlotte Wasson Cocks. Typescript; photocopies. Also some Willard Heiss correspondence with a descendant and concerning Quakers in Laporte County, Ind. Transferred...

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The collection contains two items: a contract, 1810, to dig a millrace in Warren County, Ohio; and a letter of Edith Ward to David Brown 11th Mo. 2, 1804. Both photocopies from FMS 33.

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Miscellaneous printed prospectuses and advertisements for the Christian Worker, a Gurneyite Friends journal published in New Vienna, Ohio, 1871-1883, and Chicago, 1883-1894.

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"Diary of a Quaker Hostage during World War II," by Burritt Mills Hiatt, edited by Dorothy Lang Hiatt, a Friend of Wilmington, Ohio, while interned in Germany. Donated by Mary Lane Hiatt, 1980.

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Four letters, a poem, and a receipt of members of the family of John and Mary Hussey, Friends of New Garden, Guilford County, North Carolina. Includes letters from Thomas and Mary Thornburg, Stephen Hussey, and Hezekiah Starbuck. Of special interest are the 1829 and 1831 Stephan Hussey letters of sympathies among North Carolina Friends. Typescripts and als. Transferred from FMS 33. Includes Hussey and Thornburg genealogy.

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Henry Underwood Johnson (1850-1939), att. 1867-1869, was a Richmond attorney, state legislator, and member of the US House of Representatives 1891-1899. These letters, written almost daily, are to his brother Robert U. Johnson (1853-1937), New York City literateur and editor of the Century magazine. They contain family and local news as well as Henry U. Johnson's political and social views. Gift of Meredith Johnson, 1942.