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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08165.22 Author/Creator: Colcock, Mary Anna, 1847-1889 Place Written: Grahamville, South Carolina Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 04 August 1880 Pagination: 2 p. : Order a Copy

Comments on family matters, her children, everyday life, and servants. Letter signed Minnie, short for Mary Anna. Theodora Colcock married Charles J.C. Hutson. Mary Anna Colcock is her sister and married Joseph Dewees. Mary Anna and Theodora's parents are William Ferguson Colcock and Emmeline L. Huguenin.

Colcock, Mary Anna, 1847-1889
Hutson, Theodora Olivia Colcock, 1849-?
Dewees, Joseph, 1846-1883

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