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

Containers:
Box 5, Folder 1846.08.29
Creator:
Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis, 1779-1852
Scope and content:

Her visit to New Port was prevented by a visit of Parke and her children and two Conrad boys. Parke's 2 daughters to be left at Miss Margaret Mercer's school near Leesburg. Miss M. is daughter of Coll John Fenton Mercer of Marleborough, a second "Jane de Montfort," has devoted herself to restoring brother's property. Lewis Conrad has been ill with catarrha fever and inflamation of the lungs. Robert Lee has been ordered to Mexico; Mary and their seven children will remain at Arlington.

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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Mount Vernon, VA 22121
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