Thompson, Mary, Norfolk, Virginia, Reading, Pennsylvania, and Hot Springs, Virginia, to Mrs. Frances M. Lewis and Mrs. Mary Neale, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1847 January 11-1849 March 18
Scope and Contents
Concerning Mary Thompson's illness; wedding plans of her daughter Martha; recommendations of recent readings; visit from "little Mary Sinclair" (1847); trip to Baltimore and Mt. Calvary Church; description of a boarding house in Reading, Pennsylvania; piano lessons; reflections on the 1848 Revolution in France and the fate of Louis-Philipe; Mr. F. Whittle's reading prayers at St. Paul's; newsclipping announcing Fred Sawyer's appointment to Madrid consulate; Episcopal convention; confirmation of Sally; suffering from both the heat and the mosquitos; elections and the triumph of the "Mobocracy" trips to the Sulphur Springs; illnesses and deaths of friends; rejoicing of the Whigs over General Taylor's election; capture of slave ships; mention of an episcopal boarding school in Raleigh for Immie's education; vaccinations for the pleurisy and small-pox; family news of general interest.
Dates
- Creation: 1847 January 11-1849 March 18
Creator
- From the Collection: Whittle, Conway, 1800-1881 (Person)
- From the Collection: Ingersoll, Charles Jared, 1782-1862 (Person)
- From the Collection: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 (Person)
- From the Collection: Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 (Person)
- From the Collection: Lewis, Frances Munford Whittle, d. 1870 (Person)
- From the Collection: Madison, Dolley P., 1768-1849 (Person)
- From the Collection: Madison, James, Jr., 1751-1836 (Person)
- From the Collection: Mercer, Margaret, 1791-1846 (Person)
- From the Collection: Monroe, James, 1758-1831 (Person)
- From the Collection: Neale, Mary Eliza Whittle, d. 1861 (Person)
- From the Collection: Preble, Edward, 1761-1807 (Person)
- From the Collection: Randolph, John, 1773-1833 (Person)
- From the Collection: Tyler, John, Jr., 1819-1896 (Person)
- From the Collection: Whittle, Fortescue, 1776-1858 (Person)
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Extent
From the Collection: 7.75 Linear Feet
Language
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository