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Colcock, Mary Anna, 1847-1889 to Theodora Colcock Hutson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08165.16 Author/Creator: Colcock, Mary Anna, 1847-1889 Place Written: Beaufort County, South Carolina Type: Autograph letter Date: 02 August 1868 Pagination: 8 p. Order a Copy

Reports family news. Discusses Theodora's husband, Charles Jones Hutson. Comments on teaching. Reports death of an aunt. Discusses making a dress.

Colcock, Mary Anna, 1847-1889
Hutson, Theodora Olivia Colcock, 1849-?
Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902

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