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A collection of Townsend family letters, 1810-1858 : letters provided by Charles Townsend Spackman, Frederick Townsend Spackman and Donald Townsend Little

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.

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Contributors: Howe, Dana Dunbar.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Richmond, VA? : D.D. Howe?, c2009.
Subjects and Genres:
Townsend family > Correspondence.
Townsend, Charles, > 1777-1859 > Correspondence.
Townsend, Priscilla Kirk, > 1785-1862 > Correspondence.
Townsend, Edward, > 1806-1896 > Correspondence.
Townsend, John Kirk, > 1809-1851 > Corrspondence.
Townsend, Hannah, > 1812- > Correspondence.
Townsend, Mary, > 1814- > Correspondence.
Townsend, Elizabeth, > 1825-1869 > Correspondence.
Quakers > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Correspondence.
Quaker women > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Correspondence.
Society of Friends > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 19th century.
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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.
Item Description: 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.
Physical Description: xviii, 210 p. (v.1) : ill., ports. (some col.) ; 28 cm. + 2 CDs (4 3/4 in.)
ISBN: 9780615317717 (pbk. : v. 1)
0615317715 (pbk. : v. 1)

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