Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis, Woodlawn, to Elizabeth Bordley Gibson, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

Containers:
Box 4, Folder 1827.06.24
Creator:
Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis, 1779-1852
Scope and content:

Nelly writes, mentioning the illness of Elizabeth's niece, Elizabeth Ross. She herself has just returned from Philadelphia to Woodlawn with Lolen [Lorenzo] and his wife Esther. She fears Esther expected too much at Woodlawn and was disappointed. "I consider her as the mistress of the House now." Lorenzo is happy and industrious. He will take wife to Philadelphia soon, and then take Nelly to Cincinnati to see Parke. Nelly considers America Peter Williams a helpless mother. She saw Eliza Law Rogers' eldest daughter in Philadelphia. Mary Randolph Custis is still unmarried. "There are few worthy of her I think." Speaks of Angela. Nelly will try to put her in school in Cincinnati if they stay there long on their visit.

Language:
English .

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