Letter, Mary Eliza Angela Lewis Conrad and Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis to Charles Conrad, 1835

Containers:
Box 60, Folder 1835.04.25
Creator:
Conrad, Mary Eliza Angela Lewis, 1813-1839, Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis, 1779-1852, and Conrad, Charles Magill, 1804-1878
Scope and content:

A.L.S. 3 pages. Woodlawn. Esther's brother John [Coxe] brings his bride to Audley--her brother Ferdinand [Coxe] recovered his health in West Indies--Woodlawn beautiful, will be at height in 2 weeks--read Wash. Irving's "Tour through the Praries," "The Siege of Vienna" by Madam Pickle, and [Oliver] Goldsmith's Greece--visiters at Woodlawn--"I am always nervous in the spring and in warm weather." Name on original manuscript appears as "M. E. A. Lewis." Autograph letter signed, integral cover, docketed, postmarked "Alexandria D.C. Apr. 29 (?)", marked "No. 25," red seal, broken.

A postscript follows, from E.P. Lewis: A.L.S. 2 pages. Wishes he could be there to see Woodlawn in Spring--doesn't like new grooms costume (a full suit of black), considers this symbol of mourning, not appropriate for wedding--Ferd[inand][Coxe] asks about chances of success as druggest in New Orleans--"What has possessed your Govr. to quarrel with his best friends." Name on original manuscript appears as "E. P. L." Date on original catalog card appears [1835] [Ap. 25]. Autograph letter initial signed.

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