Call Number:

SC.090

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (1 folder.))

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Mary G. Otis Correspondence, 1863-1865.

Date:

1863-1865 (inclusive)

Creator:

Otis, Mary G. ((Mary Green)), 1847-, Otis, Thomas, 1822-1882, Otis, Susannah I., d. 1897, and Otis, Sarah H. (Sarah Harris), 1828-

Abstract:

This collection includes letters to Mary G. Otis written by her mother and father, Susanna I. and James H. Otis, and her aunt, Sarah H. Otis. These relate primarily to family and local news. One letter of interest, written by Sarah H. Otis, quotes from Theodore Parker, describes his personal character, and muses on the similarities between Parker and the Quakers.

Mary G. Otis was the daughter of Thomas and Susannah J. (Sherman) Otis of New Bedford, Massachusetts. She was born in 1847 and later married James H. Sherman. Her grandfather, Daniel Otis, was a Quaker until 1830, when he became an adherent of Theodore Parker.