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Hascall, Mary, fl. 1873 to Henry Jackson Hunt

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.209 Author/Creator: Hascall, Mary, fl. 1873 Place Written: Cambridge, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa March 19, 1873 Pagination: 3 p. : envelope Height: 18.7 cm, Width: 25.1 cm Order a Copy

Year inferred from contents. Hascall consoles Hunt after the death of his daughter (possibly Emily C. Hunt). Writes "one trouble follows another in this life, and a few more years will close the scene- and then it will matter little- what we have suffered here-" Notes that her husband "is better and has ceased to be violent." Envelope was originally addressed to Hunt in Newport, Rhode Island. Original address is struck, and envelope is directed to the care of Mrs. Wm. A. Nichols, possibly the wife of General William A. Nichols (Clara Louisa de Russey), at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889
Hascall, Mary, fl. 1873
Hunt, Emily C., 1852-1873
Nichols, William Augustus, 1818-1869
Russey, Clara Louisa de, 1830-?

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