Anne (Blair) Banister to Mrs. Mary (Braxton) Burwell, 1790

Containers:
Box 1, Folder 2
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Decides to write to her sister as she has just been informed that Mr. Booth will deliver it; thanks her for her last letter; saw Mr. Fairfax and asked if she was well and when he was planning on leaving town; he replied in the next stage; laments her sister declining to come "down the country" since her finances are so low she will not be able to comply with her promise unless her sister decides to come down; hopes she will think about it and come; did not realize it was near 12 o'clock, when Mr. Booth will call for the letter, until the boys came home from college; begs her sister to refer to her niece's letter which was "more full"; send love from Sister Cary [Sarah (Blair) Cary], Sister Blair [Jean (Balfour) Blair], and "Polly", her sons and herself; thinks that in short stages she (MB) would be able to make the journey down "and being in as good society" might improve her health; flatters herself that if she is paid regularly she will be able to furnish a "carriage and Pair" which will allow her to visit her friends with "more ease and less expense than the stage"; remarks that "Betset" was informed that Mrs. B[ooth] is on her way, hopes she will be able to read the letter. 2pp. ALS.

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