A collection of Townsend family letters, 1810-1858 : letters provided by Charles Townsend Spackman, Frederick Townsend Spackman and Donald Townsend Little transcription and commentary by Dana Dunbar Howe

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Howe, Dana Dunbar.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Townsend family--Correspondence.

Townsend family.

Townsend, Charles, 1777-1859--Correspondence.

Townsend, Charles.

Townsend, Priscilla Kirk, 1785-1862--Correspondence.

Townsend, Priscilla Kirk.

Townsend, Edward, 1806-1896--Correspondence.

Townsend, Edward.

Townsend, John Kirk, 1809-1851--Corrspondence.

Townsend, John Kirk.

Townsend, Hannah, 1812---Correspondence.

Townsend, Hannah.

Townsend, Mary, 1814---Correspondence.

Townsend, Mary.

Townsend, Elizabeth, 1825-1869--Correspondence.

Townsend, Elizabeth.

Quakers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Correspondence.

Quakers.

Quaker women--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Correspondence.

Quaker women.

Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--19th century.

Society of Friends.

Physical Description:

xviii, 210 p. (v.1) : ill., ports. (some col.) ; 28 cm. + 2 CDs (4 3/4 in.)

Other Title:

Townsend family letters, 1810-1858

Place of Publication:

[Richmond, VA? : D.D. Howe?, c2009. Richmond, VA : Printed by Richmond Printing Service.

Summary:

Includes 42 letters written by the Townsend family of Philadelphia between 1810 and 1858, covering the topics of travel, life at boarding school, advice against worldly fashions, sibling relationships, human rights, domestic concerns, and weather.

Contents:

Table of contents

Transcriber's notes

Charles and Priscilla Kirk Townsend

Anna and Edward Townsend

John Kirk Townsend

Hannah Townsend

Mary Townsend

Elizabeth Townsend

Appendix: Compact Disc A, reference code: T-00a

Appendix: Compact Disc B, reference code: T-00b.

Notes:

Two CD-ROMs containing scans of the letters, mounted in sleeves on the inside back cover.

"...the first of five volumes to be comprised of letters, diaries, journals, and poetry written primarily during the first half of the nineteenth century by members of a Philadelphia Quaker family." -- Letter from Dana Dunbar Howe, Oct. 3, 2009.

Local Notes:

HSP Credit Line: 1802 Pennsylvania Abolition Society circular, Pennsylvania Abolition Society Collection (BoxFF 5A .1)

ISBN:

9780615317717 (pbk. : v. 1)

0615317715 (pbk. : v. 1)

OCLC:

463009888