Box 5
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Milligan, Martha L., Wilmington, Delaware and Washinton, D.C. to Mrs. Frances M. Lewis, Norfolk, Virginia, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1855 May 8-1863 September 11
File — Box: 5, Folder: 9
Identifier: id111136
Scope and Contents
Concerning opening of Philadelphia's Academy of the Arts; the tendency to overlook the value of familiar objects as exemplified through the common acceptance of gas lightning within a short period of introduction; reading of Sir Walter (Scott?); thoughts on John Milton; trip to Atlantic City; family illness; death of two grandchildren (George's children); outline of daily schedule; news of family and friends. (Martha L. Milligan was Mrs. J.J. Milligan.)
Dates:
1855 May 8-1863 September 11