Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Elizabeth Wise letter to Sally, 1846 November

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Elizabeth Wise letter to Sally, 1846 November

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Elizabeth Wise letter to Sally dated, November 1846. Mrs. Wise writes that she left Sally's father a week after Sally had and therefore missed the four weddings including those of July[?] and Sarah Welsh.

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November the 1846

Deare Sally

I   it is with the grateist of pleaseure
I doe know doe take my seate to address thease
few lines to you hopeing thay may find you
well as thay leaves mee at preasent   I leaft
your papa the weak after you leaft   I misst
all the weadings by staing so long tha wose
not les then fore July[?] and Sarah Welsh
thay weare maired at aate oClock in the
and tooke [1 word illegible] to richmond to the tavern
Sarah wose mairded a fortnight after
July[?]

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Mrs Elizabeth Wise
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Ink on paper

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Wise, Elizabeth C., “Elizabeth Wise letter to Sally, 1846 November,” Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed April 25, 2024, https://cwfjdrlsc.omeka.net/items/show/161.
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