Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letters to and from William H. Whitten (a brick mason) and Emily Isabel Pritham Whitten (a mill worker), originally from southern Maine and later residents of Jamaica Plain (Boston), Massachusetts. The letters include courtship letters, family exchanges, and reflections on working-class life, labor, and community mobility in New England. The writers describe William’s brickwork on military fortifications at Clarke’s Point, Emily’s mill work, and the family’s gradual establishment in Boston,...

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letters to and from William H. Whitten (a brick mason) and Emily Isabel Pritham Whitten (a mill worker), originally from southern Maine and later residents of Jamaica Plain (Boston), Massachusetts. The letters include courtship letters, family exchanges, and reflections on working-class life, labor, and community mobility in New England. The writers describe William’s brickwork on military fortifications at Clarke’s Point, Emily’s mill work, and the family’s gradual establishment in Boston,...

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Primarily from Emma D. Trask.

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Addressed to "Aunt Emily".

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Often jointly addressed to Ida Jane Whitten Serex. Correspondents include Anna P. Mockenberry, Harriet Wahl Metten, J.E. Austin, Jennie E. Doing, J. Grace Johnson, Lydia Mason, Mary S.P. Lane, and M.R. Newcomb.

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letters to and from William H. Whitten (a brick mason) and Emily Isabel Pritham Whitten (a mill worker), originally from southern Maine and later residents of Jamaica Plain (Boston), Massachusetts. The letters include courtship letters, family exchanges, and reflections on working-class life, labor, and community mobility in New England. The writers describe William’s brickwork on military fortifications at Clarke’s Point, Emily’s mill work, and the family’s gradual establishment in Boston,...

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letters to and from William H. Whitten (a brick mason) and Emily Isabel Pritham Whitten (a mill worker), originally from southern Maine and later residents of Jamaica Plain (Boston), Massachusetts. The letters include courtship letters, family exchanges, and reflections on working-class life, labor, and community mobility in New England. The writers describe William’s brickwork on military fortifications at Clarke’s Point, Emily’s mill work, and the family’s gradual establishment in Boston,...

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Correspondents include Charles L. Pritham, Eliza E. Pritham, Henrietta "Etta" Pritham, James Pritham, Jennie Whitten, Lucy-Jane Whitten, and Samuel Shirley Pritham.

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letters to and from William H. Whitten (a brick mason) and Emily Isabel Pritham Whitten (a mill worker), originally from southern Maine and later residents of Jamaica Plain (Boston), Massachusetts. The letters include courtship letters, family exchanges, and reflections on working-class life, labor, and community mobility in New England. The writers describe William’s brickwork on military fortifications at Clarke’s Point, Emily’s mill work, and the family’s gradual establishment in Boston,...

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letters to and from William H. Whitten (a brick mason) and Emily Isabel Pritham Whitten (a mill worker), originally from southern Maine and later residents of Jamaica Plain (Boston), Massachusetts. The letters include courtship letters, family exchanges, and reflections on working-class life, labor, and community mobility in New England. The writers describe William’s brickwork on military fortifications at Clarke’s Point, Emily’s mill work, and the family’s gradual establishment in Boston,...

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letters to and from William H. Whitten (a brick mason) and Emily Isabel Pritham Whitten (a mill worker), originally from southern Maine and later residents of Jamaica Plain (Boston), Massachusetts. The letters include courtship letters, family exchanges, and reflections on working-class life, labor, and community mobility in New England. The writers describe William’s brickwork on military fortifications at Clarke’s Point, Emily’s mill work, and the family’s gradual establishment in Boston,...

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letters to and from William H. Whitten (a brick mason) and Emily Isabel Pritham Whitten (a mill worker), originally from southern Maine and later residents of Jamaica Plain (Boston), Massachusetts. The letters include courtship letters, family exchanges, and reflections on working-class life, labor, and community mobility in New England. The writers describe William’s brickwork on military fortifications at Clarke’s Point, Emily’s mill work, and the family’s gradual establishment in Boston,...

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letters to and from William H. Whitten (a brick mason) and Emily Isabel Pritham Whitten (a mill worker), originally from southern Maine and later residents of Jamaica Plain (Boston), Massachusetts. The letters include courtship letters, family exchanges, and reflections on working-class life, labor, and community mobility in New England. The writers describe William’s brickwork on military fortifications at Clarke’s Point, Emily’s mill work, and the family’s gradual establishment in Boston,...

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Correspondents include Henry Milliken and H.H. McKenney.

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Correspondents include Henrietta "Etta" Pritham, Ivory Whitten, Jennie Whitten, and Lizzie Whitten.

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letters to and from William H. Whitten (a brick mason) and Emily Isabel Pritham Whitten (a mill worker), originally from southern Maine and later residents of Jamaica Plain (Boston), Massachusetts. The letters include courtship letters, family exchanges, and reflections on working-class life, labor, and community mobility in New England. The writers describe William’s brickwork on military fortifications at Clarke’s Point, Emily’s mill work, and the family’s gradual establishment in Boston,...

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letters to and from William H. Whitten (a brick mason) and Emily Isabel Pritham Whitten (a mill worker), originally from southern Maine and later residents of Jamaica Plain (Boston), Massachusetts. The letters include courtship letters, family exchanges, and reflections on working-class life, labor, and community mobility in New England. The writers describe William’s brickwork on military fortifications at Clarke’s Point, Emily’s mill work, and the family’s gradual establishment in Boston,...

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letters to and from William H. Whitten (a brick mason) and Emily Isabel Pritham Whitten (a mill worker), originally from southern Maine and later residents of Jamaica Plain (Boston), Massachusetts. The letters include courtship letters, family exchanges, and reflections on working-class life, labor, and community mobility in New England. The writers describe William’s brickwork on military fortifications at Clarke’s Point, Emily’s mill work, and the family’s gradual establishment in Boston,...

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letters to and from William H. Whitten (a brick mason) and Emily Isabel Pritham Whitten (a mill worker), originally from southern Maine and later residents of Jamaica Plain (Boston), Massachusetts. The letters include courtship letters, family exchanges, and reflections on working-class life, labor, and community mobility in New England. The writers describe William’s brickwork on military fortifications at Clarke’s Point, Emily’s mill work, and the family’s gradual establishment in Boston,...

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letters to and from William H. Whitten (a brick mason) and Emily Isabel Pritham Whitten (a mill worker), originally from southern Maine and later residents of Jamaica Plain (Boston), Massachusetts. The letters include courtship letters, family exchanges, and reflections on working-class life, labor, and community mobility in New England. The writers describe William’s brickwork on military fortifications at Clarke’s Point, Emily’s mill work, and the family’s gradual establishment in Boston,...

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