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Cushman and Wetherill family papers, 1803-1907.

Title: Cushman and Wetherill family papers, 1803-1907.

The papers of the Cushman and Wetherill family of Philadelphia consist largely of letters between George H. Cushman and Susan Wetherill during their courtship; also Susan's letter to her siblings, George's letters from their children, and letters to their daughter, Ida Cushman. There is a Rebecca Wetherill diary, 1907, with brief daily memoranda.

ArchivalResource: 80 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122584609 View

Wetherill, Rebecca, 1819-1908. Scrapbook, ca.1890-1908.

Title: Scrapbook, ca.1890-1908.

Scrapbook, ca.1890-1908, primarily of newspaper clippings, but also containing photographs, obituaries and other memorabilia relating to the Wetherill family, Chalkley Hall and Philadelphia people and events. It was compiled by Rebecca Wetherill for her niece Blanche, but also contains later additions by Marion Walton Putnam.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/151381029 View

Furness, William Henry, 1802-1896. Letters : to Ralph Waldo Emerson and other correspondents, 1832-1896, n.d.

Title: Letters : to Ralph Waldo Emerson and other correspondents, 1832-1896, n.d.

Consists of 24 folders. Includes letters to the following correspondents: Nathan Haskell Dole; "Mr. Ellis"; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Horace Howard Furness; Henry D. Gilpin (this item is a ms. copy, possibly in the hand of Horace Howard Furness); James Martineau; "Mr. Miles"; Allen Thorndike Rice; George A. Sampson (regarding John Sartain); Bayard Taylor; "Dr. Tyndall"; and Edward and Rebecca Wetherill. There is also a letter to "Dear Madam" on the subject, "should clergymen smoke;" and some notes to the Philadelphia Office of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, suggesting various mottoes for the commission. In addition there is a letter dated 30 September 1895 to "My dear Sir" concerning the "Rebelliad" by Augustus Peirce, a college classmate of Rev. Furness. Rev. Furness indicates that some of the illustrations that originally accompanied the work might have been drawn by him. The letters to Ralph Waldo Emerson comprise of 3 folders. The first two folders contain 28 letters dated 1835-1880. Included are a ticket to a lecture by Emerson at Phillips Exeter Academy, and a copy of the title page and introduction to the 1910 publication of the Emerson-Furness correspondence. The third folder of Emerson letters contains 9 letters dated 1856-1875, which were purchased as a group and added to the collection later. The letter to Bayard Taylor is dated 25 July 1869 and includes a copy, in Rev. Furness' hand, of Taylor's poem "Cedarcroft to Lindenshade" and Furness' reply "Lindenshade to Cedarcroft". The collection also includes the following misc. items: two letters to Rev. Furness, one from "Clarence and Mary" and the other from "A Sincere Friend;" an anonymous poem addressed to Rev. Furness; a poem entitled "The Invocation;" an anonymous account of a visitor in Rev. Furness' home; a copy of the minutes of a temperance meeting held in Lancaster Co., Pa. in December 1851; an undated fragment of an article or sermon discussing Jesus and Tacitus; and a letter, dated 12 December 1856 , to an identified recipient.

ArchivalResource: 89 items (100 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/190695171 View

Harriet Beecher Stowe collection of papers, 1847-1895

Title: Harriet Beecher Stowe collection of papers 1847-1895

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 65 items

http://archives.nypl.org/brg/19177 View

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. Harriet Beecher Stowe collection of papers, 1847-1895.

Title: Harriet Beecher Stowe collection of papers, 1847-1895.

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and correspondence by and about the author.

ArchivalResource: 43 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122346140 View