This is a collection of individual letters related to Quaker life that have been either purchased by or donated to the Archives.

Mary Minthorn, Scotts Mills, Oregon, to Mable ?, July 9, 1899, als, re: school, family, friends. Mary Minthorn (1887-1983), later the wife of William G. Strench, was the daughter of Dr. Henry J. and Laura Ellen (Miles) Minthorn and a first cousin of Pres. Herbert C. Hoover.

William M. Laughlin, Milton, Indiana, to Allen Lewis, Williamsburg, Indiana, Dec. 25, 1863, als re: tax law

Joseph Stamps, Wolverhampton, to Melis Tilson, New York, Sept. 15, 1831, als, re: death of sister. Edged in black for mourning.

Envelope used by the nursery of John C. Teas, Quaker nurseryman of Raysville, Indiana, ca. 1860

Letter, 4th Mo. 9, 1846, notifying Hannah B. Janney of Monroe County, Michigan, of her disownment by Falls Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox), Bucks County, Pennsylvania, for nonattendance and joining the Hicksites. Hannah B. Janney (1824-1907) was the daughter of Jacob and Esther (Betts) Janney and the wife of Lacey Amasa Atkinson.

Henry A. (or C) Moore, Cambridge [City], Indiana, to Daniel Agnew, Beaver, Pa., Nov. 13, 1839, als, re: travel to Indiana, wildlife, business, marking parents' graves.

Henry & Elizabeth (no last name), Leavenworth, Kansas to "Dear Friends Hannibal and Eliza," als, 1st Mo. 3, 1858, re: life in Kansas. "Hannibal and Eliza" are probably Hannibal Hollingsworth and Eliza Harris, married in 1854 in Belmont County, Ohio. The letter has hints that would help dientify the writers, mentioning children Harry, Sarah, Willie, and Lizzie.

William Edgerton and wife Caroline, Spiceland, Indiana, to Edmund B. Osborn, Economy, Indiana, 2nd Mo. 4, 1862, als, re: family news, proposed trip west, deaths among Spiceland Friends. William Edgerton (1827-1905) and his wife Caroline (Osborn) Edgerton (18341-1917) were Friends who lived near Spiceland, Indiana. Although neither signs with a last name, the identification of Edmund B. Osborn as brother makes their identities clear.

W. R. Lewis, West Chester, Pa., to Mr. Burson, als, Feb. 19, 1883, re: declining health of his father Joseph J. Lewis. Found in the collection's copy of Memoir of Enoch Lewis, written by Joseph J. Lewis.