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Box 1

 Container

Contains 5 Collections and/or Records:

Forster family. Miscellaneous letters sent and received., 1819 - 1880

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains letters sent and received, 1819-1887, by members of the Forster family of Dauphin County, Pa., particularly General John Forster (1777-1863); his second wife, Margaret S. Forster (1804-1891); Mrs. Forster's son, James H. Stuart (1828-1854); and Benjamin L. Forster, the second son of John and Margaret Forster.Although the content of the Forster family letters is personal in nature, there are many observations concerning matters of individual and public...
Dates: 1819 - 1880

Forster, John. Letters sent and received., 1825 - 1853

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains letters sent and received, 1819-1887, by members of the Forster family of Dauphin County, Pa., particularly General John Forster (1777-1863); his second wife, Margaret S. Forster (1804-1891); Mrs. Forster's son, James H. Stuart (1828-1854); and Benjamin L. Forster, the second son of John and Margaret Forster.Although the content of the Forster family letters is personal in nature, there are many observations concerning matters of individual and public...
Dates: 1825 - 1853

Forster, Margaret S. (Margaret Snodgrass). Letters sent and received., 1831 -1875

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains letters sent and received, 1819-1887, by members of the Forster family of Dauphin County, Pa., particularly General John Forster (1777-1863); his second wife, Margaret S. Forster (1804-1891); Mrs. Forster's son, James H. Stuart (1828-1854); and Benjamin L. Forster, the second son of John and Margaret Forster.Although the content of the Forster family letters is personal in nature, there are many observations concerning matters of individual and public...
Dates: 1831 -1875

Stuart, James H. (James Henry). Letters sent., 1844 -1853

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains letters sent and received, 1819-1887, by members of the Forster family of Dauphin County, Pa., particularly General John Forster (1777-1863); his second wife, Margaret S. Forster (1804-1891); Mrs. Forster's son, James H. Stuart (1828-1854); and Benjamin L. Forster, the second son of John and Margaret Forster.Although the content of the Forster family letters is personal in nature, there are many observations concerning matters of individual and public...
Dates: 1844 -1853

Forster, Benjamin L. (Benjamin Law). Letters sent and received., 1851 - 1887

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains letters sent and received, 1819-1887, by members of the Forster family of Dauphin County, Pa., particularly General John Forster (1777-1863); his second wife, Margaret S. Forster (1804-1891); Mrs. Forster's son, James H. Stuart (1828-1854); and Benjamin L. Forster, the second son of John and Margaret Forster.Although the content of the Forster family letters is personal in nature, there are many observations concerning matters of individual and public...
Dates: 1851 - 1887