Call Number:

MC.975.02.028

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.39 linear ft. (2 volumes)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Lydia Swain Hinchman letterbook (HC.MC.975.02.028), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1867-1916 (inclusive)

Creator:

Hinchman, Lydia Swain Mitchell

Form:

Correspondence and letters (correspondence)

Abstract:

Each volume of Lydia Swain Hinchman's letterbooks includes both business and personal correspondence. Letters are addressed to both Lydia Swain Hinchman and her husband, Charles Shoemaker Hinchman. Generally, personal correspondence is addressed to Lydia Swain Hinchman, while business correspondence is addressed to Charles Shoemaker Hinchman.

Lydia Swain (Mitchell) Hinchman (1846-1938) was born November 4, 1846, in Nantucket, Massachusetts, the daughter of Peleg Mitchell and Mary Russell. She married Charles Shoemaker Hinchman in 1872, and the couple had five children: Mary Mitchell Hinchman (b. 1873), Charles Russell Hinchman (b. 1875), Margaretta Shoemaker Hinchman (b. 1876), Anna Barker Hinchman (b. 1877), and Walter Swain Hinchman (b. 1879). After her marriage, Hinchman moved to Philadelphia, where she lived until her death in 1938.

This collection is comprised of two volumes of the letterbooks of Lydia Swain Hinchman. Each volume includes both business and personal correspondence. Letters are addressed to both Lydia Swain Hinchman and her husband, Charles Shoemaker Hinchman. Generally, personal correspondence is addressed to Lydia Swain Hinchman, while business correspondence is addressed to Charles Shoemaker Hinchman.