Box 1

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Ridgely's incoming letters are largely from her immediate family. Her most frequent correspondents were her mother Josephine [Moulton] Stewart and her grandmother Leonice [Sampson] Moulton (1811-1897). Their letters (1874-1890s) abound in advice to Helen on raising her children properly.Helen Ridgely was frequently away from her husband John, traveling for pleasure or her health, and the collection has many letters from John to his wife. These letters discuss his activities at...