Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis, New Orleans, to Elizabeth Bordley Gibson, Spruce Street, between 7th and 8th Streets, Philadelphia, 1837

Containers:

Box 5, Folder 1837.04.20

Creator:

Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis, 1779-1852

Scope and content:

Nelly writes of the death of Angela's child [Angela Lewis Conrad] from whooping cough. She died March 25, had been a year old on the 17th. Nelly will be unable to visit Woodlawn this summer because she cannot leave Angela and Angela cannot leave Charles. Wishes they lived in Virginia or Philadelphia, as the climate here sickly. Planters lose much by fall of sugar and cotton prices. Parke has another child [Lawrence Lewis Butler]. Lorenzo has another boy [Edward Parke Custis Lewis].

Language:

English.

Subjects:

Correspondence

Names:

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

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