James Smith, Unison, Loudoun County, Va., to Elisha Smith, New Westville, Ohio, 9th Mo. 14, 1850, als re: planning visit to Ohio. James and Elisha Smith were Hicksite Friends.

Grace D. Williams, Pasadena, California, to Austin Lewis, Gate, Okla, typed letter, June 16, 1918, re: "Victorious Life" conference at Whittier and how Lewis can attain sanctification. On letterhead of First Friends Church, Pasadena. Grace Deborah Williams (1895-1987) later married John C. Winston. She was the daughter of George G., Williams, pastor of the Pasadena Friends Church.

E.W.S., Dublin, Indiana, to daughter Stella (Mrs. E. A. Buner/Bruner), Uniondale, Indiana, April 1, 1921.

Susan "Sudie" Lowry, Argonia, Kansas, to Louisa Painter, Monrovia, Indiana, als, Aug. 26, 1888, re: family news, religious work in Kansas. Susan A. (Hunt) Lowry (born 1861), wife of Thomas Lowry, was a sister of Louisa (Hunt) Painter (1839-1890). They were daughters of Amos and Hannah (Moon) Hunt.

Elkanah Beard, Winchester, Indiana, to Nathan & Esther Frame, Spring Valley, Ohio, 1st Mo. 10, 1875, aps, re: invitation to attend general meeting in Union City and Winchester Quarterly Meeting. Elkanah Beard (1833-1905) was a well-known Friends minister of Randolph County, Indiana.

Postcard, Plainfield, Indiana, 5/11/1908, from Otis ? to Cousin Carl Davis in High Point, North Carolina, with photograph of two young men and horse-drawn gig

M[ary Stroud], Colerain, Belmont County, Ohio, to Sally B. Gove, Elkhorn, Minnesota, 5th Mo. 1, 1859, als: re family, reading, Quaker neighbors. Mary Stroud (1825-1909), daughter of Jacob and Ann Stroud, was a Gurneyite Friend. Sally (Stroud) Gove, wife of Moses B. Gove, was her sister. In 1869 Mary Stroud married Parvin Wright and moved to Richmond, Indiana, where she died.

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

J. Wm. Fulton, Wayne County, Indiana, to Elisha Smith, New Westville, Ohio, April 19, 1850.

E. F. Buckley, Richmond, Ind., to Aaron Hovey, Rockford, Ill., April 21, 1839, re: life in Indiana, politics, establishing law practice