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Folder 9

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Contains 7 Results:

Gray, Jane (Loring) to Pierce, Mary, 1847

Folder 9

 File — Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9
Scope and Contents

10 letters from Jane Loring - 6 from Boston and 4 from Beverly, Mass. - to her great-aunt Mary Pierce in Litchfield, Conn. These letters contain news of the family, friends, and Jane's activities.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1847

Loring, Anna (Brace) to Pierce, Mary, 1834 Apr-Sep

Folder 9

 File — Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9
Scope and Contents

Anna in Boston writes to her great aunt Mary in Litchfield (Conn.)

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1834 Apr-Sep

Loring, Anna (Brace) to Pierce, Mary, 1834 Apr 11

Item 1

 Item — Folder: 9
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Anna scoulds Mary for not writing; husband Charles' eyes are still bad; asks if son Charles could spend the summer in Litchfield with Mary.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1834 Apr 11

Loring, Anna (Brace) to Pierce, Mary, 1834 Jul 23

Item 2

 Item — Folder: 9
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents

Her husband Charles cannot leave his business and although she wishes to go to Litchfield, she is needed at home and available to read to him. News of friends who are ill.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1834 Jul 23

Loring, Anna (Brace) to Pierce, Mary, 1834 Aug 12

Item 3

 Item — Folder: 9
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents

News that the children are on vacation and mention of Dr. Beecher's sermon.Anna discusses the anti-Catholic sentiment in Boston and the outrage of Bostonians at the burning down of a nunnery by a mob.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1834 Aug 12

Loring, Anna (Brace) to Pierce, Mary, 1834 Sep 5

Item 4

 Item — Folder: 9
Identifier: Item 4
Scope and Contents

Anna expects a visit from Uncle James Pierce and hopes that Mary will accompany him; fears that Charles eyes will not get better but his business is improving. Her son William is growing.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1834 Sep 5

Loring, Anna (Brace) to Pierce, Mary, 1834 Sep 23

Item 5

 Item — Folder: 9
Identifier: Item 5
Scope and Contents

Writes about the plans for her sister-in-law's (Sarah Francis Loring) wedding to William Gray. Again expresses her fears that Charles' eyes will never get better.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1834 Sep 23