Jean (Balfour) Blair, Williamsburg, to her sister-in-law, Mrs. Mary (Blair) Braxton, "Newington," King and Queen County, Virginia

Containers:
Box 1, Folder 1
Scope and content:

Scope and Contents Happy to hear that she (MB) is well; obeys her command concerning the money and got her (JB) sister Burwell to pay it to Mr. Greenhow; Mr. Greenhow sends compliments to her (MB) and sorry she gave herself the trouble of sending it down "on purpose, as the letter end of the Court will suit him as well"; sends cabbage seed, no coliflower [sic] seed; also sends some orange peel which she had imported; assures her that Betsey [Braxton] is no trouble to the family and behaved well the while time Nancy [Anne Blair] was in Hampton; obliged for ther trouble she had taken about the "Viginia [sic] cloth" that was woven by Mrs. Lumpkin; cannot pay Mrs. Lumpkin in bonnets or aprons for her services now because she has none to spare as a result of it being "Association times" but she can pay her [ML] in money; she (MB) will be recieving her spinning wheel by the first ship; wishes her and "Dr. Little George" [George Braxton, Jr.] health and happiness. 2pp. ALS.

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