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11 April 1840

Duley, Mary, 1811-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Enoch Duley and Mary Duley

Writes to her parents about her daughter, who had become sick with a fever three weeks earlier. On the verso is a letter signed by William Wood to "Dear Children," probably to Mary and her husband from his parents that discusses health, whooping cough, and baptisms. Mary's married name was Mary Wood.

GLC06377.02

15 July 1848

Duley, Mary, 1811-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lloyd Duley

Writes to her siblings about a birth, her family's health, the abundance of rain, and local deaths and marriages. Notes a meeting of the "suns of Temperance." Hopes they will visit. Mentions she has "got the headache very bad." Sent to Lloyd but meant for "dear brothers and sisters." Signs Mary Ann Wood. There are some unrelated calculations in pencil on the address leaf.

GLC06377.03

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