Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis to Elizabeth Bordley Gibson

Containers:
Box 6, Folder 1851.10.14
Creator:
Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis, 1779-1852
Scope and content:

Nelly sends Elizabeth her verses on Agnes Lewis which Esther Maria Coxe Lewis copied for her, also translation of some French verses. Sent Elizabeth's verses to Parke and her daughters. She and children inherit a love of the needle and its uses from "Grandmother who was, in all things, a model for her sex." Charles and Lawrence Conrad spent 3 weeks with her. Barton Stout's visit to Woodlawn and verses he wrote while there.

Language:
English .

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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