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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08165.20 Author/Creator: Colcock, Mary Anna, 1847-1889 Place Written: Grahamville, South Carolina Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 03 December 1871 Pagination: 4 p. : Order a Copy

Says she is sorry it took so long to answer Hutson's letter. She is anxious to see her nephews. Asks when Hutson is coming to Ocean to visit. Speaks of family news, health, her children Annie and Emmie, and other matters. Says father (William F. Colcock) invited them for Christmas and wants all the grandchildren together. Asks Hutson to write soon about the children, Charles, and herself. 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-?
Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902
Colcock, William Ferguson, 1804-1889

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