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

Containers:
Box 2, Folder 1821.10.07
Creator:
Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis, 1779-1852
Scope and content:

Parke is somewhat better, her spirits raised at thought of going to Philadelphia. Specifies the accommodations needed in the boarding house. Proposed stages of journey, "our journey must be slow as my child is too weak to be hurried." Afraid Parke will go same way as Agnes last October. Hasn't seen America Peter since seeing her in Philadelphia on last visit. Incorrectly docketed "Oct. 1822."

Language:
English .

Access and use

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