Call Number:

003.165

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.01 linear ft. (1 folder)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Henry Hale Graham Sharpless poem and letter (HCS.003.165) Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1854

Creator:

Sharpless, Henry Hale G.

Form:

Poems and Correspondence

Abstract:

One poem and letter from Henry Hale Graham Sharpless to "Rebecca."

Henry Hale Graham Sharpless was born in Philadelphia in 1823. He is the son of Townsend Sharpless and Mary B. Jones Sharpless. Sharpless entered Haverford College in 1836 and graduated in 1840. In 1855, Sharpless married Mary Lyman Van Buren. He died in Chester Hills, Philadelphia in 1870, at the age of 46.

This collection contains a poem and letter written by Henry Hale Graham Sharpless and addressed to "Rebecca," likely Rebecca Sharpless. The first four pages of the note are written in rhyming couplets. Sharpless laments Rebecca's leaving him and says that he owes his remaining happiness to "Anna." He also mentions the upcoming Quaker yearly meeting. The last page of the note is written in typical epistolary format. Sharpless apologizes to Rebecca for his previous poetic form and explains his current condition, both mentally and within the snowy conditions he is writing during.