Box 44

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

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

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.

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.

John Dugdale, Selma, Clark County, Ohio, to William Bishop, Burlington, N.J., als, 7th Mo. 22, 1845, re: family and Hicksite Quaker affairs. John Dugdale (1782-1848), a Hicksite Friend, married Sarah Ridgway in Burlington, New Jersey, in 1809. They later lived in Columbiana and Clark Counties, Ohio. He died in the latter place.

Ann Kowles, Salem, Iowa, to Sarah Saul, Carlisle, England, 10th Mo. 28, 1845, re: conditions in Iowa, family, visit to Iowa of English Quaker delegation. Ann Knowles (1830-1878), born in Carlisle, England, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Ivison) Knowles, married Thomas Coppock (1819-1878) in 1846. Both died in Clarke County, Iowa. Both were Orthodox Friends.

als, Anna M. Robertson, Bethel, Wayne County, Ind., to Virginia A. Simms, Baltimore, Md., May 30, 1866

als, Zebedee D. Boulton, Damacus, Ohio, to Parents, Dec. 30, 1837, re: family, acquaintances from New Jersey, Damascus as "a Quaker settlement, the most that ever I know'd."