The Anna Harris letters

History

These letters written by Anna Harris to her nephew, Reverend Kazlitt Arvine. Arvine was born in 1819, but I cannot find any information about his parents to track down Anna Harris. I assumed she was older than he was, as she spoke about "feeling the infirmities of age" in one of her letters. I found her in the 1850 South Hadley census, where she was listed as being 70 years old. She speaks of the Seminary in her letters to her nephew, but does not seem to be a member of the Seminary community.

The Images

All letters have at least their first page or a portion of the first page scanned, and comments about their contents are included below.

A Letter Written on Feb 19, 1847

envelope The letter is folded and addressed on an exposed portion of the paper. Postmarked Feb 21 in South Hadley. Addressed to Rev. Kazlitt Arvine in Woonsocket CT.

page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.

A Letter Written on Jul 26, 1849

envelope The letter is folded and addressed on an exposed portion of the paper. Postmarked Jul 27 in South Hadley. Addressed to Rev Kazlitt Arvine in West Boylston Mass.

page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.

A Letter Written on Jan 9, 1850

envelope The letter is folded and addressed on an exposed portion of the paper. Postmarked Jan 10 in South Hadley. Addressed to Rev Kazlitt Arvine in West Boylston Mass.

page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.