Letters to John F. Rowell, 1851-1853

Includes letters addressed to John at Walnut Grove and Lee, New Hampshire, as well as at Haverford College in Pennsylvania, from Sarah and Perley Rowell, cousins Myra and Louisa, former teacher Moses A. Cartland, and other former schoolmates.  Subjects addressed in the letters include the New Hampshire Railroad, events in Boston, district schools in Cape Cod, the shoemaking profession, women’s thoughts on education, national and local politics, the severe illness of Sarah Rowell, the construction of a new school with a hand-drawn sketch, migration to California, many deaths from consumption, and an increase in birth rates in various towns throughout New Hampshire.