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

Containers:
Box 60, Folder 1835.06.05
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. 2 pages. Woodlawn. This will be her last letter to him before he leaves N.O.--the fall of the Planters' Hotel in N.O.--will visit Alexandria, Arlington and Washington--to read "The Conquest of Florida by Hernando de Soto," by Theodore Irving--Washington Irving's writings. Name on original manuscript appears as "M. E. A. Lewis." Autograph letter signed, integral cover, docketed "Last letter from M.E.A.L. received June 20th 1835," postmarked "Alexandria D.C. June 6" marked "No. 31," laminated.

There follows a postscript by E.P. Lewis: Hopes he leaves N.O. shortly [for Virginia]. Name on original manuscript appears as "E. P. L." Date on original catalog card appears [1835] [June 5]. Autograph letter initial signed.

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The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
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