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Letter to Mary Johnson of Worthington, Ohio from Charles B. Stickney of Republic, Seneca County, Ohio from the collections of the Worthington Historical Society (WHS) may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in any way and proper credit is given: "Courtesy of the Worthington Historical Society, Worthington, OH." Prior written permission of the WHS is required for any other use of Letter to Mary Johnson of Worthington, Ohio from Charles B. Stickney of Republic, Seneca County, Ohio. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.
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Letter to Mary Johnson of Worthington, Ohio from Charles B. Stickney of Republic, Seneca County, Ohio is text, with genre letter and correspondence. Its dimensions are 8 in. x 11 in.. It is 4 pages long.
It was created on Thursday, October 21, 1841.
Worthington Historical Society is the Contributor. Mary Sessions (née Johnson), 1823-1919 and Charles B. Stickney are the Correspondents.
This letter was written to Mary Johnson of Worthington, Ohio from Charles B. Stickney of Seneca County, Ohio. According to the letter, the two met while traveling in a stagecoach. They did not have much communication during the trip as Johnson was ill, but is appears as though Johnson wrote to him once she was home. Stickney begins the letter with some recollection of their trip. He spends the remainder of the letter relating his hope that he and Johnson can carry on their correspondence and that he can secure her "continued confidence as a favored friend."
Mary was daughter of one of Worthington's founders, Orange Johnson and wife Achsa (Maynard) Johnson. She married Francis Sessions on August 18, 1847.
Charles Stickney had met Mary Johnson and her father, Orange, while on a coach returning from a trip they had taken to the east. Charles B. Stickney and Mary continued a correspondence for a while.
It covers the topics Orange Johnson House, Worthington history and history.
It features the people Mary Sessions (née Johnson), 1823-1919 and Charles B. Stickney.
It covers the city Worthington.
You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.
This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg2000.
The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 2012.0005.73.
The Worthington Memory identification code is whs1041_001.
This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on November 28, 2017. It was last updated February 2, 2022.