Scope and Contents Letter from Dr. George R. Starkey in Washington, D.C. to his wife, Caira Skelton Starkey. Seal pressed into the upper lefthand corner reads “CAREW” (or “GAREW”) surrounded by a laurel wreath. Dated “Sunday Eve,” no month or year. Starkey notes that another week has passed and remarks that it doesn’t bother him as much as it bothers Caira to think how little time they have left in this world. He knows they will remain on earth as long as they have something to gain, and he is “painfully...

Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from Dr. George R. Starkey in Washington, D. C. to his daughter. Addressed to “Girl Baby,” likely Gertrude Starkey Pitcairn. “G. R. Starkey, M. D.” letterhead. In Starkey’s Sunday school class today, they considered the arrival of the Children of Israel at the waters of Marah, which were too bitter to drink. In this story, the Children of Israel are like a person who has made progress towards the Spiritual Church but rejects new truths that go against their natural...

Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from Dr. George R. Starkey in Washington, D. C. to his son, George G. Starkey. Oval seal with either the word “Bath” or “Sath” in the center pressed into the upper lefthand corner. G. R. Starkey has not heard how G. G. Starkey is finding his skates. He wants to know if they are “possessed with the ‘total depravity of some other inanimate things’,” and if so, he would like G. G. Starkey to send some drawings illustrating their “mischievous propensities.” He hopes G. G....

Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from G. R. Starkey to Gertrude Starkey Pitcairn. Seal pressed into upper left corner. Written “Sunday after Church.” With Gertrude’s 19th birthday approaching, G. R. Starkey notes that they have walked through life together for the last 18 years. As she enters adulthood, Gertrude is now approaching the final and most important stage of life, and Starkey feels it is his fatherly duty to give her a clear idea of what this last stage entails. He begins with a lesson on the...

Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from G. R. Starkey in Washington to Gertrude Starkey Pitcairn. Seal pressed into upper left corner. Starkey has received Gertrude’s reply to a previous letter. In response to her comment that she “does not know herself,” he writes that it will be many years at least before she is satisfied with her perception of her own spiritual state. He notes that she feels she is more selfish and worldly-minded than she used to be. He assures her that this is normal; It is the result...

Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from G. R. Starkey in Washington to “Chere Baby” Gertrude Starkey Pitcairn. Seal pressed into upper left corner. Starkey has received Gerturde’s letter of January 31st. He wonders if her sore foot has kept her at home, and he notes that the foot corresponds spiritually to the proprium, or selfhood. He believes that keeping the natural body healthy is essential for spiritual development, and that self-love is good when it is in its proper place. He can’t see any good reason...

Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from Dr. George R. Starkey in Washington, D.C. to his daughter, Gertrude Starkey Pitcairn. Starkey hopes this will be the last season that he is away from his home and family, though he knows their situation is not as bad as some- he has a patient with advanced consumption who rarely gets to see her husband and two children. Starkey has just returned from Church, which was enjoyable, apart from the discourse. He is grateful for the opportunity to collectively acknowledge...

Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from Dr. George R. Starkey in Washington, D.C. to his daughter, Gertrude Starkey Pitcairn. Oval seal pressed into upper lefthand corner. Starkey writes Gertude a birthday letter while getting some much-needed rest on a bright and cool Sunday. He believes she has just entered the most eventful year of her life to date. Having received her first holy Communion, she is now “being initiated into new & most important experiences in life.” The good and truth which the Lord...

Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from Dr. George R. Starkey in Washington, D. C. to his daughter, Gertrude Starkey Pitcairn. Embossed seal with the word “Extra” in the center pressed into the upper left corner of the first page.While some of Gertrude’s letters remain unanswered, Starkey feels compelled to respond to her Sunday letter because she seems unnecessarily troubled. Examining her letter in the “highest light,” he identifies and explains in spiritual terms the three main symptoms of...

Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from Fedor Goerwitz in NY (?) to John Pitcairn, Jr. in Pittsburgh. “The price for the regular edition of Amor Conjug. is $15.- cheap at that Mr. Mittnacht says. He recently paid thirty pound sterling for an original edition of the Arcana. Your latin works are ordered and may as likely be sent you by mail (?) of Mr. M. on calculating charges (illegible word; found?) that you do not lose thereby. I note (?) below however you are not in a hurry and the lot many be sent...