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

Containers:
Box 60, Folder 1835.05.24
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. Dinner at Mt. Vernon--anecdote of Jane [Washington] relating to Tom Moore--shells and coins added to her "Cabinet"--[E.P. Lewis] is working another [piano] cover in cornucopia designs--family news. Name on original manuscript appears as "M. E. A. Lewis." Autograph letter signed, integral cover, docketed, postmarked "Alexandria D.C., May 26," marked "No. 29".

A postscript follows from E.P. Lewis: Parke thinks him the only man worthy of [Angela]--description of "the robe of ceremony" [Angela's wedding dress?]--cholera and measles in New Orleans--news of friends. Name on original manuscript appears as "E. P. L." Date on original catalog card appears [1835] [May 24]. Autograph letter initial signed.

Access and use

Location of collection:
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
3600 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Mount Vernon, VA 22121
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