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Philadelphia.

Description: Map shows mid-nineteenth century Philadelphia, Pennsylvania street names, wards, some buildings and institutions, cemeteries, military installations, and railroads. Scale not given.
Date: 1855
Creator: J.H. Colton & Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map No. 3, United States.

Description: Map shows major towns, counties, canals, and railroads for New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Includes explanation, population statistics, and river lengths. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by statement. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000].
Date: 1853
Creator: Daniel Burgess & Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Letter from Diana Maray to John Patterson Osterhout, December 5, 1854]

Description: Letter from Diana Maray to John Patterson Osterhout discussing daily life in Athens, Pennsylvania. Letters had been received from other family members and her children were doing well in school. In the state of Pennsylvania, the temperance movement was working to get a prohibitive liquor law passed. She closed her letter by writing about what she felt made a real friend and hoped she would meet John in this life or the next. She included two locks of hair, one from each of her sons. Included is… more
Date: December 5, 1854
Creator: Maray, Diana
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Austin College

[Letter from P. M. Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout, March 18, 1857]

Description: Letter from P. M. Osterhout to his brother, John Patterson Osterhout, discussing news from home and slavery. After providing John with updates from those at home, he told his brother he was unsure whether or not he would want to receive something from the black Republican in Pennsylvania. He then went on to write about his opinion on slavery and he hoped his brother was not beginning to view it as a blessing.
Date: March 18, 1857
Creator: Osterhout, P. M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Austin College

[Letter from Sarah Chauncey Savage to her cousin, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby, June 25, 1855]

Description: Letter from Sarah Chauncey Savage to her cousin, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby. She relays their plans to visit Newport, Pennsylvania and belatedly announces the birth of her son, Henry. She also sends her condolences for the death of John Eyre.
Date: June 25, 1855
Creator: Savage, Sarah Chauncey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

[Letter to Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby about Andrew D. Campbell's Will, June 30, 1855]

Description: Letter to Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby going over the money left to her by Andrew Donaldson Campbell. The letter states that Campbell died November 2, 1853, and they want to know if she received her payment since then.
Date: June 30, 1855
Creator: Executors of Andrew D. Campbell's Will
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

[Letter from Henrietta Chauncey Booth to her cousin, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby, September 21, 1855]

Description: Letter from Henrietta Chauncey Booth to her cousin, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby. She asks for Elizabeth to thank her son Upshur for sending a book as a gift to her. She talks about their trip to Newport, Pennsylvania and her sister Sarah's baby, Henry Chauncey Savage. She also mentions the will of John Eyre, saying that his servants would be able to choose who they would like to be sold to. She talks at length about yellow fever and people she knows who are affected by it. She also men… more
Date: September 21, 1855
Creator: Booth, Henrietta Chauncey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

[Letter from Henrietta Chauncey Booth to her cousin, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby, November 26, 1856]

Description: Letter from Henrietta Chauncey Booth to her cousin, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby, discussing Quinby's move out to Accomack County, Virginia. She talks about visiting their cousin Anna Bancker and meeting their cousin Virginia's new baby. She akso writes about the death of Mrs. Sevel, a servant that had been with the family for 40 years.
Date: November 26, 1856
Creator: Booth, Henrietta Chauncey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
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