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Brown, Mary Ann Day, 1816-1884 to Jason Brown and Ellen Brown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08261 Author/Creator: Brown, Mary Ann Day, 1816-1884 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 15, 1873 Pagination: Order a Copy

John Brown's wife writes to her son and daughter from the family homestead. She comments on erecting " a good iron fence...around...the memorial to your father's grave...." Also details sibling activities and spring livestock.

Brown, Mary Ann Day, 1816-1884

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