Eleanor Parke Custis, Mount Vernon, to Elizabeth Bordley, Philadelphia

Containers:
Box 1, Folder 1799.02.03
Creator:
Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis, 1779-1852
Scope and content:

Contrite about long silence. General Washington, Tobias Lear, and Lawrence Lewis have all been dangerously ill and she was deputy doctor. Announces her engagement and impending marriage to Lawrence Lewis. Will live in Frederick County, thirty miles from Bath. Has attended no social functions this season. Just returned from three weeks with her mother. Regretted that she could not accompany Grandpapa on his recent trip to Philadelphia.

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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