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

Containers:
Box 3, Folder 1822.01.03
Creator:
Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis, 1779-1852
Scope and content:

Encloses $15 to pay Mrs. Carver and balance on shoes. Insists it wasn't her fault she ordered wrong size shoes. Parke at Van Ness's at wedding festivities. She will visit Aunt Peter if they have returned to Georgetown yet. Peter family stay much at Oakland, 20 miles from town, "a very dismal place ..." Describes Angela's affectionate disposition. Nelly can never send another daughter to boarding school. Still laments death of Agnes, "I trust she is in the Bosom of her Saviour and her God." Includes a poem she wrote recently "A faint tribute from a devoted Mother to the memory of a dutiful, affecte and faultless Child--E A F Lewis died Oct. 28th 1820, aged 15 years" dated December 8, 1821. Sympathizes with Maj. and Mrs. Jackson who recently lost a daughter of their own. Still prefers William Camac as a son-in-law over anyone else she knows. Wishes he would come to Washington now and see Parke. Lorenzo wishes her to visit him in College. Her "adopted Son" Maj. Vandeventer. Requests 6 brushes for velvet painting. Inquires after Philadelphia friends.

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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