Lydia A. Schofield letter to Martha Schofield

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Date created 1869-03-28
Creator Schofield, Lydia A. (Lydia Ann), 1835-1909
Description

Lydia Schofield was Martha Schofield's sister. She expresses sympathy to Martha Schofield over the recent engagement of her closest friend Sadie Brouwer to Thomas Chalkley Bartram. She says that she understands the grief of no longer being "first in the heart" of one's "dearest and most cherished friend." She then shares a "secret" that her close relationship with someone named Jeannie has been "ruptured," and the severing of the relationship was not the choice of either woman but rather caused by what she refers to as the "dividing chord." She also discusses her faith, her desire to help those in need, and the recent deaths of some friends and neighbors, including a murder.

Size 9 pages
Type Text
Subjects Female friendship | Sisters--Family relationships | Faith | God | Funeral rites and ceremonies | Uxoricide | Murder | Bartram, Sadie (Sarah Mott Brouwer), 1844-1878 | Schofield, Martha
Geographical location Philadelphia (Pa.) | Aiken (S.C.)
Language English
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Local identifier A00182701
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Martha Schofield Papers, SFHL-RG5-134 (explore contents)

Contributing institution Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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