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11 January 1787
Butler, John, 1749-1791
to Joshua Mauger
John Butler endorsement on a debt owed to Joshua Mauger. The location is written simply as Yeovil; it is not clear which country it originated from.
GLC03902.070
1763-1783
D'Auvergne, James, fl. 1771-1788
He asks Mauger if his presence is needed in town, however, he would rather lament his loss in private. [Could refer to the death of his wife (and Mauger's daughter) Sarah. Letter # 206 of William Dean dated 10/24/1772 mentions settling the will of...
GLC03902.071
25 June 1825
Hale, Horatio, fl. 1821-1826
to Sarah W. Hale
This letter is from Horatio Hale to his sister Sarah, written from Brazil. In the letter, he refers several time to Sarah's health, advising her to show "a degree of fortitude beyond most of your sex," because he thinks that positive thinking has a...
GLC08934.016
05 May 1826
Hale, Aurelia, 1798-?
to Horatio Hale
This letter to her brother may have gotten wet at some point, because much of the text is blurred and difficult to read. She mentions concerns about "negroes" several times during the letter, saying that an area which she traveled to (the name is...
GLC08934.019
27 May 1828
This appears to be the first letter to her sister in many months. She speaks at length about matrimony and says that she has spent eighteen months deliberating on it. She says that she has been reflecting on whether to "marry a respectable, pious and...
GLC08934.025
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