J.C. Grave, Cox's Mills, Indiana, to Eli Townsend, Farmland, Indiana, May 8, 1865, als., general family and neighborhood news. The signature on the letter is faint, but internal evidence indicates that it the author is Joseph Chandler Grave (1824-1898) who married Elizabeth Moore (1822-1885). Her sister Rachel Moore (1818-1868) was the wife of Eli Townsend (1817-1883).

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."

Mercy (King) Hoopes, Bartlett, Ohio, to Thomas P. King, Lancaster Co., Pa., 8th Mo. 28, 1849. Mercy (King) Hoopes (born 1823), daughter of James and Rebecca (Smedley) King, married Isaac Hoopes (1823-1897), Nov. 17, 1847, in Morgan County, Ohio. They were Hicksite Friends.

Eva Naylor, Beloit Ohio, to Cora Cattell, Oak Ridge, Ind., June 6, 1880.

Ruth T. Carey, Jonesboro, Indiana, to Keziah Carey, Harveyville, Kansas, 10th Mo. 21, 1911, als, re: family news, division of father's estate. Ruth T. (Elliott) Carey (1855-1942) was a Friend of Grant County, Indiana, and the wife of John T. Carey. Kexiah (Elliott) Carey was her sister-in-law, the wife of John T. Carey's brother Pleasant Carey.

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.