M. C. Burwell, Mansfield, to Miss F. K. Burwell, Gloucester C. H., 1842

Containers:
Box 1, Folder 21
Scope and content:

Fanny to travel with Mr. Baytrop so as to not travel without someone protecting her. Betty taken with auge on way home so Anne sent for M.C. to care for her. Dr. May saw her and Betty got better after 10 days in bed. Found Charlotte and lizzy sick but they are doing better. Sister Anne had a daughter this morning with red hair who weighed 12.5 pounds but both mother and child are doing well now. Heard from John last week. No word from William. Letter from cousin Ann last week – little prospect for school in her neighborhood. Christian Burwell married with only Mr. Reed's father and mother as well as his sister and her husband. Randolph in one of his worst humors. Bettie is well but with a bad complexion. Aunt Bettie busy making a mantilla of two old frocks. Added notes by C. M. Garland and "Bettie".

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