Letters to Susan O. Chase, 1837-1878

Poem to Susan O Chace from Hannah N. Morse, Brunswick, Feb. 1, 1837; Apr. 9, n.y. no salutation, from your affectionate friend, M.G. Pennell [Mary Given Pennell, wife of Benjamin D. Pennell]; Dear Susan, your affectionate sister in friendship, Hannah Dunlap, Saturday morning, n.d.; Friend Susan, In very great haste from Sarah, [Portland], n.d. c.1845; Dear Susan, your old friend Mary, Naples, July the 15, n.y.; My Dear Susan, yours Caroline [Jameson], Bath, July, n.d. c.1850s; Note, in haste, Annie [c.1850s]; Dear Susan, affly yr cousin, H.L. W. Perry [Percy?], Brunswick, April 8, n.y. [c.1850s]; My Dear Friend Susan, Your affectionate friend, Emeline M. Melcher, Havana, May 7, 1850; My Darling Sue, Your friend forever; good night. A Gross. P.S. Again, good night. Bell, Aug. 2, 1851; Dear Cousin Susan, Yours affectionately, Kate S.B., East Livermore, Dec. 5, 1852; My Dear Susan, C.E. Jameson, Bath, Oct 2., 1854; My Dear Friend, your sincere Friend, Harriette Thompson, Lisbon, Sept. 18, 1859; Dear Friend Susan, Affectionately yours, S.A. Skolfield, [c.1860s]; My dear friend Susan, Yours with much love, Sue Melcher, Brunswick Mar. 6th [c.1860s]; My Dear Friend Susan, from your friend, Rebekah D. Skolfield, Augusta, Feb. 25, 1861; Dear Friend Susan, yours aff. Mary E. S., Brunswick, Mar. 31, 1861; Miss Susan O. Chace, My Dear Friend, from yours in Love, Cornelia A. Pennell [wife of Charles S. Pennell], Philadelphia, Apr. 2, 1862; Susan, from Hattie, brief note c. Feb. 1863; My dear friend, Portland, truly your friend, Lizzie, Portland, Mar. 1, 1863; Dear Susan, yours affect. Helen D., Saturday noon, Mar. 7, n.y., [postmark 1863]; Dear Susan, affectionately yours, Caroline, Bath, June 21, 1863; My Dear Susan, Caroline E. Jameson, n.d. [Bath, c. 1863]; My dear Miss Chace, Remember me to all, Yours truly R.L. Simpson, Swamscott, Mass., c/o Wm. P. Martin, Aug. 17, 1865; Dear Aunt Sue, Believe me ever your friend, Lizzie S., Bath, Jan. 7, 1866; Dear Aunt Sue, your true friend, Lizzie, “Camp Joyful,” Small Point, July 26, 1866; My dear Sue, write soon please to your friend Carrie Hale, Woburn, Mar. 21, 1867; Dear Friend Susan, I remain your affectionate friend, Abbie [Abbie J. Reed Pennell] Havre, Feb. 7, 1868; Kind Friend, your obliged friend, Margaret, Mere Point, Jan. 28, 1878