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This collection contains 17 letters that former Congregational minister Daniel Grosvenor of Petersham, Massachusetts, wrote to his son, Reverend Moses Gill Grosvenor, and to a relation, Payson Grosvenor, between 1819 and 1833. He provided local news, shared advice, and commented on his religious views. Also included is a descriptive travel letter by "Lansingh" from Darien, Georgia (1838), and a satirical essay by Charles J. Wood entitled "Portrait of an Alarmist" (1848).

This collection contains 17 letters that former Congregational minister Daniel Grosvenor wrote to his son, Reverend Moses Gill Grosvenor (16 letters), and to a relation, Payson Grosvenor (1 letter), between 1819 and 1833. Also included is a travel letter by "Lansingh" from Darien, Georgia (1838), and a satirical essay by Charles J. Wood entitled "Portrait of an Alarmist" (1848).

Grosvenor frequently commented on the health of family members and on the affairs of acquaintances in Petersham, Massachusetts. His reports often concerned illnesses and deaths, and he sometimes mentioned his attendance at funerals. Grosvenor wrote about religious topics, such as devotion to God, and gave news of the local church. He reflected on his advanced age, discussed the effects of his children leaving his household, and anticipated his own death. Daniel and his wife Deborah jointly wrote a portion of the later letters. Grosvenor's final letter, addressed to Payson Grosvenor, "Eunice," and "Sarah," concerns his brother's death. Two of Grosvenor's letters include additional copied correspondence: a letter from Alvan Whitmore, who discussed commerce around New Orleans, Louisiana (September 19, 1818, copied in Grosvenor's letter of January 27, 1819), and a letter from D. H. G. Newton to Moses Gill Grosvenor, his uncle.

The final items in the collection are a descriptive travel letter by "Lansingh" to Miss Angelina Warden, from Darien, Georgia (April 19, 1838), and a 3-page essay attributed to Charles J. Wood entitled "Portrait of an Alarmist" (February 1848). The satirical piece criticizes a noted "alarmist" and his opinions on the Irish and Catholics, and the possibility that arguments over slavery might dissolve the union.

The Isaiah Williams and Ellen White correspondence is made up of letters to and between Williams, White, and members of the White family. The letters pertain to the couple's courtship, religion, and social and family news from Massachusetts and Buffalo, New York.

The Isaiah Williams and Ellen White correspondence is made up of 88 incoming letters to, and letters between, Williams, White, and members of the White family. The letters pertain to the couple's courtship, religion, and social and family news from Massachusetts and Buffalo, New York.

The bulk of the letters are incoming letters to Ellen White from family members, acquaintances, and Isaiah Williams, her future husband. Family and friends often shared social and family news from Boston and Leominster, Massachusetts. One friend mentioned taking dancing lessons and attending a piano concert given by William Mason, a protégé of Franz Liszt (December 6, [1854]). Some of the correspondence pertains to the family's religious beliefs, such as a letter from Ellen's brother Ferdinand to their father about her baptism (October 25, 1845). Isaiah Williams wrote about his life in Buffalo, New York, during the couple's courtship and after their marriage, particularly during Ellen's visits to her family in Boston. On February 14, 1849, an unknown writer mailed a love poem to Ellen. She also received a lengthy letter (undated) from W. G. French, a spiritual advisor who offered religious advice about marriage. Later items include at least 3 letters to Ellen from Elliot Williams, her son. A letter to "Miss Emily J. Mansin" from Sarah L. Poster at the "C.C. Hospital" (possibly the Cliffbourne and Cliffbourne Barracks Hospital) in Washington, D.C., concerns a dead man's belongings (August 12, 1864).

This collection is made up of 48 personal letters addressed to Frank Dwight Young and his wife, Mary Davis Stephens, of Greenwood, New York, as well as 2 printed wedding invitations. The couple received letters from female family members and acquaintances throughout the state of New York and from as far away as Pontiac, Michigan, and Topeka, Kansas. Correspondents discussed a variety of topics, such as the death of the Youngs' first son and the lives of women in the early 20th century, including an unmarried female teacher's experiences in Hartford, Connecticut, and New York City.

This collection is made up of 48 personal letters addressed to Frank Dwight Young and his wife, Mary Davis Stephens, of Greenwood, New York, as well as 2 printed wedding invitations. The couple exchanged letters and received correspondence from female family members and acquaintances throughout the state of New York and from as far away as Pontiac, Michigan, and Topeka, Kansas.

Mary Young wrote to her husband while visiting family in Massachusetts in June and July 1899, describing an encounter with President William McKinley and his wife (June 21, 1899) and a Fourth of July clambake in Attleboro (July 5, 1899). During this time, she also visited churches, attended religious meetings, and reflected on religion. Most of the remaining items, dated 1902-1907, are the Youngs' incoming correspondence from female family members and friends. Nine condolence letters concern the death of Paul Redman Young in early 1904. Mary's friend Bertha in Topeka, Kansas, wrote a letter about the arrest of temperance advocate Carry Nation, in which Bertha expressed her own negative opinions of illicit saloons (January 11, 1903).

Ivanna, another acquaintance, wrote to Mary Young about her career as a music teacher and substitute teacher in Huntington, New York; Hartford, Connecticut; and New York City, in the early 20th century. She discussed various teaching experiences, explained her decision to relocate to New York City from Hartford in December 1907, and described her lodgings in Harlem (December 14, 1907). In one undated letter, she shared some of her thoughts on marriage; though at one time she intended to marry someone and did not oppose the idea of marriage, she expressed contentment with her single life. Other frequent correspondents included Mary's sister Estelle and her sister-in-law Ellen. Frank Young wrote the final 2 letters on July 12, 1917, and July 6, 1918, giving Mary news of Greenwood.

This collection consists of correspondence related to Sibyl H. Spaulding of Foxvale, Massachusetts. The collection includes many letters from F. W. Bigg of Brandon, Vermont, who was Spaulding's fiancé until 1898.

This collection is made up of correspondence related to Sibyl H. Spaulding of Foxvale, Massachusetts. Early items include a letter from Spaulding's grandmother and letters that Spaulding wrote to her mother, Clara Harrison Spaulding, about her social life in Auburndale, Massachusetts, and Brandon, Vermont, in the mid-1890s.

Spaulding later joined her mother in Foxvale, Massachusetts, where she received newsy letters from cousins and friends in Vermont and Massachusetts. F. W. Bigg ("Fud"), her fiancé and most frequent correspondent, wrote regularly from Brandon, Vermont, in 1897 and 1898. He shared social news, wrote of his love for her, and otherwise discussed his everyday life. In his final letter, written after the couple broke off their engagement, he requested that Spaulding destroy his previous correspondence with her. After 1898 Spaulding received letters from family members and friends in a New England and New York; some discussed religion and a mission based in Foxvale. In 1899, Clara Harrison Spaulding, Sibyl Spaulding's mother, received a group of letters from Thomas E. Grover, an attorney, about a legal dispute and the related financial settlement. A few letters enclose printed programs.