Letter, Elizabeth Powel to Ann Randolph Fitzhugh

Containers:
Box 8, Folder 1784.03.03
Creator:
Powel, Elizabeth Willing, 1743-1830
Scope and content:

A.L.S. 3 pages. Philadelphia. Will procure glasses for her, but regrets she needs them--post is surest way to send letters--many guests, but has been out little--"Extensive connections and supposed large Fortunes, have their consequent Appendages tho not always of the most agreeable sort."--her goddaughter (Mrs. F.'s child). Autograph letter signed, docketed in another hand. Name on original manuscript appears as "Eliz Powel."

Language:
English .

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The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
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