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Wonders if Sally received Mrs. Murdaugh's flowers. Marianna and Mr. Earnest were going to visit the Galts this evening, but the snow may prevent it.

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Marianna would like to borrow "Undine," and both the invalids (Marianna and Lelia) would like some of Sally's Jelly.

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Thanks her for the wreath and asks her to make one of mock oranges and pink rosebuds. Hopes she will be at Judge Nathaniel Beverley Tucker's this evening.

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Cannot attend her levee this evening. Mattie Christian is sick. Returns "Vanity Fair." The letter was likely written ante May 1854.

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Would like to escort her to church this afternoon. The letter is simply dated as "Sunday".

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Thanks her for the poetry and friendship. The letter was likely written ante 1858.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Professional and personal papers; 1745-1892; of the Galt family of Williamsburg, Virginia. Papers primarily concern the Galt family's work at the Eastern State Hospital, including apothecary shop daybooks, account books, medical daybooks, clinical notebooks, weather diaries, commonplace books, reports, medical notes, lecture notes, correspondence, and other. The personal papers consist of diaries, letters, scrapbooks, school notes, financial papers, memoirs, and other material....