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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08165.21 Author/Creator: Colcock, Mary Anna, 1847-1889 Place Written: Grahamville, South Carolina Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 08 September 1878 Pagination: 4 p. : Order a Copy

States she wishes she could come visit but it is harvest time. Reports that Mr. Dewees is preparing for harvesting. Mentions her children Annie and Emmie and comments about having Emmie learn music. Speaks of the welfare of Hennie. Mentions Hutson visiting. Discusses a past party and another one planned for October. Letter signed Minnie, short for Mary Anna. Theodora Colcock married Charles J.C. Hutson. Mary Anna Colcock is her sister and married Joseph Dewees. Their parents are William Ferguson Colcock and Emmeline L. Huguenin.

Colcock, Mary Anna, 1847-1889
Hutson, Theodora Olivia Colcock, 1849-?
Dewees, Joseph, 1846-1883
Colcock, Marion W., 1856-1935

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