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Ogden, Euphemia Morris, 1754-1818 to Lucy Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03745 Author/Creator: Ogden, Euphemia Morris, 1754-1818 Place Written: Morrisville, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 December 1787 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 23 cm, Width: 18.7 cm Order a Copy

Informs Lucy that a mutual acquaintance has died. Congratulates Lucy on her new baby boy, saying "Most heartily do I congratulate you on the birth of your son - I wish it was possible for me to do that personally - but I find it is not so I must asquise [sic] my husband seems detirmind [sic] not to go." Briefly touches on other topics, such as her daughters' move to Philadelphia and her recently improved health. Written at Delaware Works, located in what is now Morrisville, Pennsylvania, near Trenton, New Jersey.

Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Ogden, Euphemia Morris, 1754-1818

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