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

Containers:
Box 60, Folder 1835.05.10
Creator:
Conrad, Mary Eliza Angela Lewis, 1813-1839, Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis, 1779-1852, and Conrad, Charles Magill, 1804-1878
Scope and content:

A.L.S. 4 pages. Woodlawn. Went on visit to Mt. Vernon--Cousin Jane [Washington]--reading Fanny [Kemble] Butler's Journal--disappointed in it--has poor opinion of Americans-Miss Butler's opinion of American Society--Gov. White [of Louisiana]. Name on original manuscript appears as "M. E. A. Lewis." Autograph letter signed, integral cover, docketed, postmarked "Alexandria D.C., May 11," marked "No. 27," watermark, laminated.

There follows a postscript by E.P. Lewis: A.L.S. 1 page. Unseasonable weather--"I hope all your good Citizens build Bathing rooms in their new Houses as they are so necessary and so easily made where there are waterworks." Name on original manuscript appears as "E. P. L." Date on original catalog card appears [1835] [May 10]. Autograph letter initial signed.

Access and use

Location of collection:
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
3600 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Mount Vernon, VA 22121
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