Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis to Elizabeth Bordley Gibson, No. 78 Walnut Street Philadelphia, 1832

Containers:

Box 4, Folder 1832.03.19

Creator:

Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis, 1779-1852

Language:

English.

Scope and content:

Mrs. [Thomas] Turner's requirements for a governess. Roads, bad weather and Mr. Lewis's illness have confined them at [Woodlawn] all winter. Unable as yet to see Mrs. G.'s niece, Miss B[ordley]. Gratified with account of Centennial celebration [of George Washington's birth] in Philadelphia. "Philadelphia has never been backward in showing honor to his memory, altho they have not built a monument yet -- I am ashamed of Virginia, she is to pompous, too parading, too full of words rather than deeds." Nelly comments on emancipation and colonization. "The coach you mention was Govr. Penn's, and presented by the state to Grandmama - It was left in Phia and I do not recollect what became of it." Parke has two children, daughter born Feb. 7 [Eleanor Angela Isabella].

Subjects:

Correspondence

Names:

Gibson, Elizabeth Bordley, 1777-1863
Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis, 1779-1852

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