Box 3
Container
Contains 18 Results:
Hayhurst family letters, 1864-1865
File — Box: 3, Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS 7928 Series 2
Scope and Contents
Contains several letters from extended Hayhurst family and friends, including Esther K. Hayhurst, Captain J. W. Bullock (Edward's commanding officer), "Eddy" and a letter to Reverend Isaac W. Hayhurst from the area of Marietta or Atlanta, Georgia.
The letters discuss the family's blessing of not losing either of their sons in the war, current activities and future plans of the adult Hayhurst boys and father Isaac, encouragements to visit, Edward's sickness and merits as a soldier,...
Dates:
1864-1865
Mary Forbes letters, 1862-1865
File — Box: 3, Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 7928 Series 2
Scope and Contents
Contains seven letters from grandma Mary Forbes to Edward Hayhurst, all written from her home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The letters discuss various enclosures (with thanks), memories of Edward as a child, efforts to send money and her own finances, concerns for Edward's (and his brother Tommy's) safety as a soldier and for the state of the nation, wishes to see him and the rest of the family, assorted family news, Edward's furlough and recovery at home (and gratitude to God for his...
Dates:
1862-1865
Paul Hayhurst incoming correspondence and clippings, 1917-1934
File — Box: 3, Folder: 13
Identifier: MSS 7928 Series 2
Scope and Contents
Contains two letters and an 1863 newspaper. The letters are to descendant Paul Hayhurst. One is from fellow descendant Margaret B. Wiggins of Newtown, Pennsylvania, dated June 29, 1917; the other is on Margaret's behalf (after her death from her cousin Elizabeth Palmer, also of Newtown, Pennsylvania), dated October 14, 1934. Both letters were written regarding the Hayhurst family Bible--inscriptions of genealogy, deposit with the Bucks County Historical Society. The newspaper is an issue of...
Dates:
1917-1934
The Hayhursts of Hayhurst, 1907-1908
File — Box: 3, Folder: 14
Identifier: MSS 7928 Series 2
Scope and Contents
Contains an 18-page genealogical research manuscript, "The Hayhursts of Hayhurst," written by Thomas H. Hayhurst in 1908. The manuscript traces the history of his branch of the Hayhurst family in Ribchester and Dutton (England). The manuscript is accompanied by two genealogical letters written by Thomas: one to his "namesake," another Thomas Hayhurst living in the Manchester, England area, dated May 5, 1908; and a longer one to Paul Hayhurst (Edward's son), dated September 7,...
Dates:
1907-1908
Emery R. Hayhurst genealogical manuscript, 1916
File — Box: 3, Folder: 15
Identifier: MSS 7928 Series 2
Scope and Contents
Contains a 30-page genealogical manuscript, "Some Records of One Branch of the Hayhurst Family in America," written by Emery R. Hayhurst, M.D., dated April 2, 1916. The manuscript traces the origin of the name Hayhurst and follows the line from the emigration of Cuthbert Hayhurst (along with William Penn and assorted Society of Friends [Quaker] associates) from Lancashire, England to the area of Upland, Delaware in 1682; Hayhurst gives the lineage of the first five generations of Hayhurst...
Dates:
1916
Paul Hayhurst genealogical research, 1905-1938
File — Box: 3, Folder: 16
Identifier: MSS 7928 Series 2
Scope and Contents
Contains genealogical notes, correspondence, and other items of Paul Hayhurst. Most of the material consists of correspondence with his cousin, Dr. Emery R. Hayhurst (also notes on relatives in the American branch of the Hayhurst family, and a copy of one of Emery's articles), dated 1905-1938. Also included are letters from various other Hayhurst relatives (Alfred, John, Charles Orlando, Walter F., D.P., Rachel), dated 1906-1938; as well as items from the Historical Society of...
Dates:
1905-1938
Photograph and clipping of Quaker meeting house, 1938
File — Box: 3, Folder: 17
Identifier: MSS 7928 Series 2
Scope and Contents
Contains a section from the "Bloomsburg Morning Press," dated July 30, 1938, featuring a partial article, "Society Will Unveil Tablet," and photo of an old Quaker meeting house in Catawissa, Pennsylvania (bronze marker to be revealed by the Delta Society). Also included is a photo of an old clipping of the meeting house from a different perspective (with a note that it was built in 1785), but undated.
Dates:
1938
Edward M. Hayhurst correspondence and other material
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7928
Abstract
Civil War correspondence of Edward M. Hayhurst to and from his family, including typescripts; as well as photographs, genealogical papers, and other family materials.
Dates:
1862-1938