Letter from Mary Grimes, 1859 December 29
- Collection Name:
- Grimes Family Correspondence
- Title:
- Letter from Mary Grimes, 1859 December 29
- Creator:
- Grimes, Mary, 1813-1883
- Creator Role:
- Author
- Accession / Call Number:
- 1962.017 (m)
- Object ID:
- 1962.017.042
- Date:
- 1859/12/29
- Type of Material:
- textual record
- Physical Description:
- 1 letter
- Language:
- English
- Scope and Content:
- Letter from Mary Grimes to her sister, probably Almira Grimes. Letter written from Troy, NH, December 29, 1859. Mary is happy to have seen Alexander Hamilton and Frank the week before, but has been indoors ever since due to the cold. John Grimes has invited a Miss Bellows to supper and Mary thinks they may be engaged before she returns home. They did not attend a Unitarian Levee in town. She encloses gifts for the family.
- Subjects:
- Correspondence, Unitarianism, Health, Courtship, Gifts, Christmas
- Locations:
- Troy, NH
Keene, NH - People:
- Grimes, Mary, 1813-1883, Grimes, Frances E., 1834-1903, Grimes, Alexander Hamilton, 1829-1901, Grimes, John, 1819-1873, Grimes, Sarah, 1816-1875
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- Credit Line:
- Gift of Jane C. Crayford.
- Restrictions:
- Available for research.
- Level Description:
- Item
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