Call Number:

MC.975.07.084

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.04 linear ft. (1 volume)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Susan Sharpless manuscript (HC.MC.975.07.084), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1876 (inclusive)

Creator:

Sharpless, Susanna Forsythe

Form:

biographies (documents) and manuscripts (documents)

Abstract:

The manuscript of Susanna Sharpless provides a brief biography of Aaron Sharpless and describes his illness and death. The manuscript provides a daily record of Aaron Sharpless's final days, with quotes from interactions with family members and prayers made by Aaron Sharpless on his death bed.

Susanna Sharpless (1815-1907) was born on May 1, 1815, the daughter of James and Ann Forsythe. She married Aaron Sharpless in 1847, and the couple had three children: James F. Sharpless, William Truman Sharpless, and Susanna Sharpless. She died on October 8, 1907, in Brimingham, Pennsylvania.

This collection is comprised of the single volume manuscript of Susanna Sharpless. The manuscript provides a brief biography of Aaron Sharpless, but the majority of the volume describes Aaron Sharpless's illness and death. The manuscript provides a daily record of Aaron Sharpless's final days, with quotes from interactions with family members and prayers made by Aaron Sharpless on his death bed.