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Autograph letter signed, from William Wood to Elizabeth Dennistoun Wood Kane, rejoices that Harriet’s condition has improved, and pities Thomas L. Kane who has to return to the woods of Kane by himself, 12 November 1874.

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Autograph letter signed, from William Wood, New York, to Elizabeth Dennistoun Wood Kane, Wilmington, family matters, 2 pp., 16 November 1874.

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Autograph letter signed, from William Wood, New York, to Elizabeth Dennistoun Wood Kane, Wilmington, business dealings, 2 pp., 17 November 1874.

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Autograph letter signed, from William Wood, New York, to Elizabeth Dennistoun Wood Kane, on his schooling at St. Andrew’s College in 1824-1825, 2 pp., 19 November 1874; also enclosed is a letter from Charlotte on her son, Eddie’s illness, 2 pp., 6 November 1874.

Scope and Contents Autograph letter signed, from William Wood, New York, to Elizabeth Dennistoun Wood Kane, Kane, replies to Elizabeth’s feeling that “the proper way to treat convicts is to bring their condition as nearly as possible to the normal condition of hard worked unconvicted life,” some of his work as a member of the Society for Prevention of Crime & the Society for Preventing Cruelty to Children, he encloses a copy of what he sent and received from the Library of Congress about Twelve Mormon...

Scope and Contents Autograph letter signed, from William Wood to Elizabeth Dennistoun Wood Kane, Philadelphia, telling her he is engaged to Helen Mason, he knows they will all be “as mad as hornets,” but “it is fixed,” 2 pp., 2 October 1883; Autograph letter signed, from Charlotte Wood Bell to William Wood, [Ned?] (her husband) returns today, reminiscences of the “old days,” 2 pp., 20 September 1883; Autograph letter signed, from Katie [Charlotte’s daughter] to Charlotte, on her visit with some relatives,...

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Autograph letter signed, from William Wood to Elizabeth Dennistoun Wood Kane, several of her siblings have called on Miss Mason, 1 p., folded, written on 4 sides, 4 October 1883.

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Autograph letter signed, from William Wood, New York, to Elizabeth Dennistoun Wood Kane, Philadelphia, on his visiting various schools in New York, mentions enclosed letters from Tot and Eleanor Sellar (not there), 2 pp., 18 October 1883.

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Autograph letter signed, from William Wood, New York, to Elizabeth Dennistoun Wood Kane, Philadelphia, on his history with the British and American Banking Corporation Limited, and reply to Elizabeth Dennistoun Wood Kane’s letter stating that she cannot continue their correspondence, 4 pp., 25 October 1883.

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Correspondence from Charles E. Gildersleve, of the Society for the Prevention of Crime, New York, to William Wood, New York, on a young prostitute that was caught, 1 p., 11 September 1880.