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Family correspondence of the Watts family, relatives of Emily Ashton Watts, afterwards the wife of John Morrison Hobson; mainly letters from Canada. 
Letters to Rebecca Watts, grandmother of Emily Ashton Watts the wife of John Morrison Hobson (1853-1931), from her daughter-in-law Mary Ann and sons Joseph and John.
Letters from Mary Ann and Joseph to their sister Eliza. 1856-1859 and n.d.
[1 - 13 Letters to Rebecca Watts from her daughter Mary Ann Watts]
1 Manchester, 1 Feb 1856
2 Manchester, 24 Feb 1856
3 Brantford [Ontario], 17 May 1857. Addressed to Ashley Rd., [Bristol]
4 Brantford [Ontario], 18 Nov 1857
5 Brantford [Ontario], 10 Jan 1858
6/1-2 Brantford [Ontario], 2 May 1858. Addressed to Ashley Rd., [Bristol]
7 Brantford [Ontario], 5 Oct 1858
8 Brantford [Ontario], 11 July 1858
9 6 May 1859
10 Hamilton, 27 July 1859
11 Brantford [Ontario], 20 March [?]
12 30 Nov [?]
13 N.d. Written jointly to mother and sister. [1856?]
[14 - 29 Letters to Rebecca Watts, from her son Joseph E. Watts]
14 Hamilton, 19 April 1856
15 Hamilton, 9 June 1856. Written on verso of an engraving, of the "City and county of New York with environs".
16 Hamilton, 28 Sept 1856
17 Brantford [Ontario], 19 April 1857
18 Brantford [Ontario], 9 Aug 1857
19 Brantford [Ontario], 21 March 1858. Addressed to Ashley Rd., Bristol
20 Brantford [Ontario], 4 April 1858
21 Brantford [Ontario], 25 April 1858
22 Brantford [Ontario], 16 May 1858
23 Brantford [Ontario], 26 Sept 1858
24 Brantford [Ontario], 12 Dec 1858. Addressed to Rebecca Watts, Bristol, with a brief note from Mary Ann Watts
25 Brantford [Ontario], 23 Jan 1859
26 Brantford [Ontario], 20 March 1859
27 Brantford [Ontario], 17 April 1859
28 [Hamilton], n.d.
29 [Hamilton?], n.d.
30 Letter to Rebecca Watts from her son John B. Watts. Brantford [Ontario], 2 Feb 1857
31 Letter to Eliza Watts from her brother Joseph E. Watts. Hamilton, 21 June 1855
[32 - 36 Letters to Eliza Watts from her sister-in-law Mary Ann]
32 Broom Terrace, 9 March 1856. Written on headed paper of the undertakers, Joseph and John E. Watts, Ashley Buildings, Ashley Rd., Bristol
33 Broom Terrace, 20 March 1856
34 Brantford [Ontario], 9 March 1857
35/1-2 Brantford [Ontario], 21 June 1857
36 Ilfracombe, n.d.
37 A. Chalacoombe to his aunt. Carlinville, [Illinois], 21-26 Dec 1856, continued in Alton 25 April 1857. Possibly written by a member of the Watts family.

Watts family corrrespondence

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