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Tone Documents

In addition to documents transcribed in this notebook, the archives include:

  • A letter from Christine Miller Clemson to "the family of Mr. S L Tone" postmarked August 1942 expressing sympathy after his death and mentioning his service as a church officer and with the board of the Pittsburgh Society for the Improvement of the Poor.
  • Letters from the Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh, from Third Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, and the Pittsburgh Association for the Improvement of the Poor to Katharine Spofford Tone (1904-1983), all containing resolutions adopted in memory of Sumner Larue Tone (1864-1942) in 1942.
    • The letter from the "Improvement of the Poor" association is on stationery listing Tone as the vice president.
  • A list of what appear to be stock holdings, unlabeled but apparently owned by Sumner Larue Tone (1864-1942), dated May 13 1921.
  • A boolket titled "Rules and Regulations of Mount Rest Cemetery Association, Bergen, N. Y. 1885", with "Tone" written on the cover.
  • A marriage certificate for Sumner Larue Tone (1864-1942) and Emma Blanche Torrence (1868-1925), dated Dec 28, 1892, in the form of a small hardcover book titled "Holy Matrimony, The Service and Certificate". Many signatures are included on the "witnesses" page, including Florence May Tone (1871-1943), Emma Blanche Torrence (1870-1957), Katharine A. Torrence (1860-1922), James F. Torrance (1871-1935) (as "J. Fred Torrence", and not yet married to Helen B. Torrance (1875-1958)), Frank Jerome Tone (1868-1945). Thomas Jefferson Tone (1830-1903), Catherine D. Spafford (1836-1916) (as "Mrs. Thos. J. Tone"), "Mrs. W. C. Bunting", and others.
  • A silhouette that seems to be of John Tone (1719-1791) and Margaret Harvey (1722-1817). It's not mentioned in Frank Jerome Tone's letter about a painting of John Tone but is included with that painting in the archives.
  • A collection of photos and diagrams of bridges that Sumner Larue Tone (1864-1942) was involved in building, including the Fort Steuben Bridge (Steubenville, OH and Weirton, WV), the General U.S. Grant Bridge (Portsmouth, OH), and the Pomeroy Bend Bridge (Pomeroy, OH and Mason City, WV). The documents are in an envelope mailed from the Dravo Contracting Company in Pittsburgh.
  • A wedding announcement for Sumner Larue Tone (1864-1942) and Emma Blanche Torrence (1868-1925) sent out by Katie Torrence in 1898 in Rochester, Pa.
  • A newspaper clipping on Allegheny County (Pittsburgh area) trolley companies titled "J.D. Callery Makes his Staff Known" that mentions Sumner Larue Tone (1864-1942) as "assistant to the President" of the United Traction Company. It also says that Tone "...who will be the assistant to President Callery, is now the chief engineer of the United Company. He assisted in building the old Duquesne traction system."
  • A telegram dated Aug 1, 1913 from John K. Tener to Sumner Larue Tone (1864-1942) informing him he had been appointed to the Public Service Commission of Pennsylvania.
  • A handwritten letter from Sam W. Pennypacker on Pennypacker's Mills stationery, from 1915, to Sumner Larue Tone (1864-1942), thanking him for a kind letter after Pennypacker had broken an arm. Pennypacker had been governor of Pennsylvania.
  • A handwritten letter from George Rice, Chief Engineer, on official stationery from the Engineer's Office at Citizens Traction Co and Central Traction Co, dated March 7 1890, to Sumner Larue Tone (1864-1942) thanking him for "services in connection with the opening of the Central Traction Cable Road". It notes that "I do not write you an official letter for the services have been given to me personally". It also says "...hope you will accept the accompanying memento", though I don't know what that might have been.
  • A formal invitation from "The Governor and Mrs. Tener" to an event on October 30,1914 at the executive mansion in Harrisburg, presumably sent to Sumner Larue Tone (1864-1942). It doesn't say what the event is, but has "1889" and "1914" printed at the top. Tener and his wife were married in 1889 so this was probably a 25th anniversary event for them.
  • A handwritten rhyming verse praising Sumner Larue Tone (1864-1942), on stationery from the Common Council, Philadelphia.
  • A handwritten rhyming verse imitating Mother Goose inviting the receiver to an event ("lunch"? except it says at 6:30, maybe "search"?). It's undated, on George Rice stationery. An extra handwritten note says "This means will you drive with us this evening. John Rice"
  • A handwritten invitation addressed to Sumner Larue Tone (1864-1942) and Emma Blanche Torrence (1868-1925) inviting them to the wedding of Helen B. Torrance (1875-1958) and James F. Torrance (1871-1935), sent by Helen's mother Sophia A. Hoyer (1851-1920) and dated June 4, 1896.
  • A Lewis family lineage leading from Edmund Lewis's arrival in North America in 1634 to Rachel Lewis (1744-1840).
  • Several photocopied pages from a book titled "The Lewis Family of Wales and America", describing ancient history of the Lewis family in Wales but with no clear connection to the Lewis lineage document or to Rachel Lewis (1744-1840)'s ancestors listed there.
  • A handwritten letter from Sumner Larue Tone (1864-1942) to "Pitt Photo-Litho Co" dated April 2 1936 inquiring about photostat copies of selected pages from an unspecified book that "the bearer" would have with him. This was before the Tone family book was finished, so it's not that. Possibly related is another letter the same day to the Carnegie Library (presumably Pittsburgh) returning two volumes of Lossing's History of the Revolution with excuses for lateness, and asking about "History of the Old Tennent Church" by F.R. Symes.
  • A letter dated July 16 1940 from the Republican Executive Committee of Allegheny County to Sumner Larue Tone (1864-1942) thanking him for his "kind contributions". This letter also has handwritten text that appears to be a draft of a letter to a Miss Velma Wilson, as yet unknown to me.

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