Call Number:

SC.266

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (2 folders, 40 items.))

Preferred Citation:

Cite as: Henry Tyson Lea correspondence received, SC/266, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Date:

1887-1913 (inclusive)

Creator:

Lea, Henry Tyson, 1887-1913

Form:

Personal correspondence

Abstract:

The collection contains correspondence received by Henry Tyson Lea of Methuen and Lawrence, Mass., from his Kummer cousins, Edith, Mary C., and Lucy Kummer, who lived in West Medford, Mass. Most of the letters are from Lucy whose letters describe her early years as a teacher and the places she visits, including a walking trip with the Appalachian Club to Walden in a November 1887. A letter dated 1913 is directed to Henry's widow.

Henry Tyson Lea (1853-1912) was born in Sandy Spring, Md. He married E. Helen Bentley in 1878; she was a birthright member of Sandy Spring Monthly Meeting, and Henry became a member of the Society of Friends in 1901 while residing in Methuen, Massachusetts. His Kummer cousins, Lucy, Mary C., and Edith Kummer, were the daughters of Charles E. and Letitia Kummer of West Medford, Mass. Charles E. Kummer had been a teacher in Bethlehem, Pa., before moving the family to Massachusetts. Lucy C. Kummer was born in 1865 and was a school teacher. The Kummer sisters did not marry and were close to Henry and Helen Lea and their children.