Correspondence, 1884-1887

Letters written to and received by J.B. Townsend and James P. Townsend related to their law practice, as well as J.B. Townsend's involvement with the Pennsylvania Hospital. Major topics include J.B. Townsend's health, a marriage annulment for a former resident at the Pennsylvania Hospital, the estate of Algernon S. Roberts, the estate of Joseph Singerly, and the Price property in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. Major correspondents include Marianne Walker of England, Cyrus Elder of the Cambria Iron Works, and Mariano Artis of Matanzas, Cuba, Charles Sanger, John B. Chapin of the Willard Asylum for the Insane, Edward L. Perkins, J. H. Barton of the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation, Maitland Phelps and Company, and A.F. Ryon of Lock Haven.