Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis, New Orleans, to Elizabeth Bordley Gibson, care of James Gibson Esq.

Containers:
Box 5, Folder 1840.12.20
Creator:
Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis, 1779-1852
Scope and content:

Nelly was forced to leave Parke's house because of Butler's insults: his vile treatment of Parke and her unhappiness. Parke "has suffered almost ten years of sorrow and privations of every kind, and for the last six years the most brutal treatment." Butler is mean and selfish. Since Mr. Lewis's death, and he knows he'll get nothing from her, his opinion of her has come out in open. Nelly hopes to take Angela's orphan boys to Audley in Spring.

Language:
English .

Access and use

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