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Box 5

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Contains 1 Result:

Milligan, Martha L., Wilmington, Delaware and Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Frances M. Lewis, Norfolk, Virginia and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Undated

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 10
Identifier: id111137
Scope and Contents Letters are only dated September 25 and July 28. Concerning visit by Henry Clay; discussion of governmental systems with Clay; Daniel Webster's speech on the Treasury; railroad service between Washington and Wilmington; comments on recent readings of Fielding and Sir Walter (Scott?); discussion on "the influence of sensibility on our happiness" death of Mrs. Milligan's mother; summer trip to the beach; marriage of Harriet (Bayard?) to Norwegian counsellor in Boston; the kindness of Mrs....
Dates: Undated