Manuscripts

Object number
505
Date
1784
Description
Mary Bragg is responding to a letter from her cousin Margaret Hadwen in Newport. Mary extends an invitation to Dorcas Hadwin "to endeavor to cross the sea to see me". Mary briefly describes Ackworth School in Yorkshire, which is "for Friends children to be educated at". Whitehaven, July 16, 1784. People Mentioned: Barker, Margaret Hadwin; Brown, Dorcas Hadwin; Hadwin, Benjamn; Slocum, Sarah Hadwin; Wiliams, Ruth Hadwin; Cornell, Lydia Hadwin; Arnold, Elizabeth Hadwin.
Materials
paper
Object Type
manuscripts (documents)