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Jane C. Charlton, Williamsburg, Virginia, to Sarah C. Watts, New London, Virginia. Tells of Miss Moir's birthday party, and helping her sister and Sally Bracken "look very smart" for it; Mr. Callaway, "a very genteel Young Man," but "extremely homely," came to visit; gossip; mention of a literary society; "the Bishop", James Madison, stopped the gentlemen's weekly parties because it was interrupting their studies, which she is disappointed by, because before the dancing began, the men discussed various political subjects, some speaking quite eloquently; Mr. Anderson ill, suffering fom an ankle problem, and misses Sally Browne very much, as do they all; tells of a romance between Eliza Wright and Mr. Mayo; her mother is ill; freezing weather. 3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Including typescript. 2 pages. |
