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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary, Viola W. Rennels, to Rev. Willis L. Gladish in Chicago, IL, USA. The Bishop has asked Rennels to ask if Gladish will be able to meet with a Miss Taylor who will be coming from Australia to attend the Assembly in Bryn Athyn. Miss Taylor will be taking a train from the West coast to Chicago, and Rennels asks that Gladish help put her on a train from Chicago to Philadelphia where Rennels and Miss Mora White will meet her.

Scope and Contents Letter from “Robbie” Glenn in Bejucal, Cuba to his mother, Mary Aitken Glenn. R. Glenn writes to his mother about the train ride he and his Uncle John took from Bejucal into Havana, which included passing by an insane asylum and the Captain General’s country residence. At the Hotel de Colon in Havana, the waiter hit R. Glenn with plates and served him a rotten egg. R. Glenn sends his love home and asks his mother to tell Aunt Susan’s folks that he has a “paraquite” (parakeet) that screeches...

Scope and Contents Typed transcription of John Pitcairn Jr.'s diary, 1874. Covers travel through Europe including England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, etc. with Walter C. Childs. Names mentioned: Mr. (William Henry) Benade, Frank Ballou, Walter C. Childs, New Church Club, Mrs. Helen Rush, Robert (Pitcairn), Rev. Beatty, Maj. Negley, Imperial Refinery, Standard Oil Company, Vandergrift, Mrs. Bucklin, Dr. (Leonhardt) Tafel, St. Laurent (steamer), John Gillespy, Daniel Drew (steamer),...

Scope and Contents Typed pamphlet listing officers, committees, and "Matters specially referred to standing committees" of the General Convention for 1868-1869. Names mentioned: John C. Ager, James P. Baxter, William H. Benade, Mr. Boericke, Arthur O. Brickman, Glendy Burke, Edwin Burnham, Lyman S. Burnham, C. Louis Carriere, Horace P. Chandler, John C. Chatterton, William C. Church, G. Woolworth Colton, Rev. Willard G. Day, Rev. Samuel F. Dike, C. T. Dunham, Oliver Dyer, Oliver Eldridge, W. A. Fleck, Jabez...