Elizabeth Ann Seton letters, 1799-1818 (MC 44)
...Elizabeth Ann Seton to Matthias and Joseph O’Conway. Matthias, a prominent Philadelphian especially within the Catholic community, was the father of Cecilia O’Conway, Philadelphia’s first nun and the first women to join Seton’s order, the Sisters of Charity. The correspondence is personal in nature and relates to several members of
A “petulant girl”?: Josephine Walsh’s diaries
...r families. Though her family was quite wealthy, she apparently sought financial independence through her stories. A diary entry from 1906 laments her rejections from publishing houses. "So far the income from my writings has amounted to nothing. In fact less than nothing – because I have had the expense