Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis to Elizabeth Bordley Gibson, Philadelphia, 1826

Containers:
Box 4, Folder 1826.04.23
Creator:
Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis, 1779-1852
Scope and content:

Nelly writes that Parke was grateful for Elizabeth's letter. She left for Cincinnati on last Wednesday. Nelly recounts the stages of Parke's journey. "We had a merry wedding." Nelly lists the guests and says she didn't invite her married sisters. Dr. Wilmer performed the ceremony. Lorenzo leaves on Tuesday. She won't leave home until Lorenzo's wedding, and will try "to visit my poor Parke" next summer. Lately received a letter from Gen. Layfayette and George W. Lafayette. America Peter is to be married in June to Capt. W.B. Williams. Hears that Mrs. Elizabeth Powel and Mrs. Robert Morris have lost their memories -- Esther [Maria Coxe, Lorenzo's fiancee] wrote a letter. Nelly thinks Esther's picture well done but not as pretty as she is.

Language:
English.

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The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
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