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Duley, Mary, 1811-? to Lloyd Duley

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06377.03 Author/Creator: Duley, Mary, 1811-? Place Written: Christian County, Kentucky Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 July 1848 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 31.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

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.

Duley, Mary, 1811-?
Duley, Lloyd, 1814-1861

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