Box 44

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

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.

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.

Francis M. Walker, Bluffpoint, Jay Co., Ind., to Grandmother, als, March 14, 1859, re: death of father Elias Walker. Francis M. Walker (1841-1922), a native of Jay County, Indiana, died in Missouri.

George Tatum, Salem, Ohio, to Henry B. Curtis, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, 3rd Mo. 14, 1843, als, re: land sale. George Tatum (1785-1852) was an Orthodox Friend of Columbiana County, Ohio.

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).

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

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

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