Letter, Mary Eliza Angela Lewis Conrad and Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis to Lorenzo Lewis, 1821

Containers:
Box 47, Folder 1821.12.31
Creator:
Conrad, Mary Eliza Angela Lewis, 1813-1839, Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis, 1779-1852, and Lewis, Lorenzo, 1803-1847
Scope and content:

A.L.S. 2 pages. Woodlawn. Angela [about 8 yrs. old] writes to her brother of visitors to their home -- their sister [Parke] is away at a wedding at Mrs. Van Ness's -- their mother, E.P. Lewis, adds her own note to Lorenzo on the verso -- she writes that a letter from him to Ped [Angela] would give her much pleasure -- did he receive $5 she sent in a letter before Christmas? -- Parke is in Washington for the wedding -- concludes with family news. Autograph letter signed, integral cover in hand of E.P. Lewis, postmarked "Alexa Jan. 1", torn and mutilated, laminated. Name on original manuscript appears as "M. E. A. Lewis." Date on original catolog card appears as 1821 [Dec.] 31 Monday.

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