Letter, Mary Eliza Angela Lewis Conrad to Charles Conrad, 1835

Containers:
Box 59, Folder 1835.01.30
Creator:
Conrad, Mary Eliza Angela Lewis, 1813-1839 and Conrad, Charles Magill, 1804-1878
Scope and content:

A.L.S. 4 pages. Woodlawn. Pleased he is reading [religious] books she gave him--Miss [Harriet] Martineau will be unable to come to Woodlawn after all--Lorenzo goes to Washington to pay her their respects and make apologies--she is to get invitation to big fancy dress ball on Feb. 22, her first--Esther's brother Ferdinand [Coxe] goes to W. Indies to restore health--is reading Miss Martineau's "Poor Laws and Paupers"--actresses and actors--a postscript, dated Jan. 31, tells of storm with thunder and lightening--Lorenzo's children. Name on original manuscript appears as "M. E. A. Lewis." Autograph letter signed, docketed, integral cover, postmarked "Jan. 31 Alexandria D.C.," marked "No 17," laminated.

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The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
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