John Brinton, Philadelphia, to William Chamberlin, Columbiana County, Ohio, March 30, 1818, als, re: collection of debts owed Chamberlin by James Dilworth and others and payment to be carried by Benjamin Hanna. William Chamberlin and Benjamin Hanna were Friends in Columbiana County, Ohio.

Arnold Buffum, Providence, Rhode Island, to Benjamin Hibbard, Savannah, 3rd Mo. 2, 1811, als, re: purchasing and shipping cotton. Arnold Buffum (1782-1859), a native of Rhode Island, was a well-known abolitionist who lived for a few years in Wayne County, Indiana, in the 1840s as an agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society.

Unsigned postcard, postmark Centerville, Indiana, to Lola Colvin, Centerville, Sept. 24, 1909, re: attendance at Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends.

Philadelphia, 11th Mo. 9, 1856, probably a member of the Parvin family of Berks County, Pennsylvania, to Susan P. Starr (1837-1894) of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, with extensive information on family members, Twelfth Street Meeting, and visitors from Indiana and Illinois. The letter is unsigned, but references to relatives imply that the author is a member of the Parvin family.

Dorcas (Hadwen) Brown, Providence, Rhode Island, to Charity (Rodman) Rotch, Kendal, Ohio, als, (th Mo. 30, 1823, letter of sy,pathy on the death of Thomas Rotch.

Louis Morrison, Haverford, Pennsylvania, to family, Richmond, Indiana, als, 8th Mo. 20, 1918, re: training for work in France under American Friends Service Committee. Louis A. Morrison (born 1897) attended Earlham College 1915-1917. He was the son of Earlham professor Edwin Morrison and his wife Mary (Miles) Morrison. Louis A. Morrison went to France under the AFSC and returned to the United States in 1919.

G. W. Dilworth, Mount Pleasant, Ohio, to Dewey & Shotwell, Cadiz, Ohio, als, April 22, 1844, re: information on Jesse Hoopes of Mt. Pleasant

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

Christiana Kirk, Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, to Jehu Lewis, Fredericktown, Ohio, als, 7th Mo. 22, 1842. Christiana (Hall) Kirk (1812-1894), wife of Elisha Kirk, was an Orthodox Friend who lived in Jefferson and Columbiana counties, Ohio. Acquisition Type

Samuel Stephenson, New Petersburgh, Highland County, Ohio, to R. Boak, Lebanon, Ohio, als, July 19, 1845. Reference to his first "little Quaker wife" and Highland County reference implies that this is the Samuel Stephenson who married Mary Overman in Highland County, Dec. 2, 1834.