Anna Cora [Ogden] Mowatt Ritchie, Astoria, to S[amuel] B[ulkley]Ruggles 1858 Aug 25

Scope and content:

Discusses in detail support for Mary Morris Hamilton Schuyler's organization for fund-raising for Mount Vernon Discusses briefly: Louise Ingersoll Greenough; her desire to see Ruggles; Mary Rutledge Fogg; Octavia Walton LeVert; the coincidence of the landing of the transatlantic telegraph cable and the first use of steam towage on a canal being on the same day. Mentions: Boston, Enquirer, Samuel Gouverneur Ogden, New York, Tennessee, Alabama, and Edward Everett.

Physical description:
ALS, 3 p.

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