Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis, Audley, to Elizabeth Bordley Gibson, Corner of Spruce and 8th Streets, Philadelphia, 1843

Containers:
Box 5, Folder 1843.12.09
Creator:
Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis, 1779-1852
Scope and content:

Recalls days of her girlhood in Philadelphia. A clergyman's wife to open school near Parke's home, children can attend. Grandson [E.George Washington Butler] in school at George Town College. Seven grandsons here have colds. Letters from [Charles Conrad] now in Europe. Mary [Custis] Lee has new son. Britannia [Peter Kennan] has a daughter.

Language:
English.

Access and use

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