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

Containers:
Box 2, Folder 1821.10.01
Creator:
Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis, 1779-1852
Scope and content:

Parke has been very ill, and the doctor fears she is in a decline. Mr. Lewis has consented for Nelly to take Parke to Philadelphia, "where she always like best to be." Asks Elizabeth Gibson engage rooms at a boarding house for them. Eliza [Law] Rogers has been sick here, but has now gone home. Mr. Lewis will only stay a day or 2 in Philadelphia, but she and Parke will stay 4 or 5 weeks.

Language:
English .

Access and use

Location of collection:
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
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