Letter to Mary Johnson of Worthington, Ohio from Emily Beckwith of Somerset, Ohio

Basic details

Letter to Mary Johnson of Worthington, Ohio from Emily Beckwith of Somerset, Ohio is a manuscript, with genre letter and correspondence.

The language is English.

Its dimensions are 8 in. x 11 in..

It is 3 pages long.

It was created October 11, 1839.

Worthington Historical Society is the contributor.

Mary Sessions and Emily Beckwith are the correspondents.

You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.

Background

In this letter written to Mary Johnson of Worthington, Ohio from Emily Beckwith of Somerset, Ohio, Beckwith laments that Johnson has not responded to her last letter and hopes that it is not to suggest that they are no longer friends. Beckwith went to school with Johnson before moving to Somerset and spends most of the letter inquiring about old friends. Before concluding, she gives some news of life in Somerset and asks Johnson to please write.

Mary was daughter of one of Worthington's founders, Orange Johnson and wife Achsa (Maynard) Johnson. She married Francis Sessions on August 18, 1847. The Sessions were interested in promoting art and art instruction in Columbus.

Little is known of Emily Beckwith other than what can be learned from her correspondence with Mary Johnson. They wrote several letters back and forth.

Subjects

It features the people Emily Beckwith and Mary Sessions.

It covers the topics Orange Johnson House, history and Worthington history.

It covers the city Worthington.

Record details

This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg2000.

The Worthington Memory identification code is whs1038_001.

The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 2012.0005.70.

This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on November 25, 2017. It was last updated October 30, 2025.

Copyright

No Copyright - United States

Letter to Mary Johnson of Worthington, Ohio from Emily Beckwith of Somerset, 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 Emily Beckwith of Somerset, Ohio. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.