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

Containers:
Box 3, Folder 1822.03.19
Creator:
Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis, 1779-1852
Scope and content:

Nelly has received the articles she ordered, including morocco paper and screen handles. Judge Washington will bring canton crape to be dyed. Prefers things done in Philadelphia. "They understand, and execute, matters of taste, far better in your city" than in the district. Mrs. Lee and Anne--Mrs. Bernard Carter [Miss Lee]. Mr. Politica and Baron Mattitz will soon pay a visit. Mr. Poinset sent Parke Spanish books, "I like him extremely." Francis C. Gray, son of "the rich Gray of Salem." Parke has returned home "heart whole." Nelly shares her dreams and hopes for children's welfare. Talks of moving to Philadelphia, but returning to Woodlawn every May as it looks best then, "are not these charming castles, shall I ever live to realize them?" Recounts a startling dream she had last summer. Sorrows of being a mother. Says she sometimes wonders whether they buried Agnes too soon, whether she might have revived. Fears they will all be sick if they stay in Virginia for the summer. Dined with Gen. Macomb and family.

Language:
English .

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