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Writes to her brother [possibly C. McNeil] expressing her grief at his ill-treatment of her and her family and informing him of her husband Charles.

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Letter to her daughter Harriet demanding she come home to Litchfield from her Uncle's care in New York.

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Letter to her son John in school at Yale. Sends news of the family and forty dollars.

Scope and Contents Two letters to Hannah's daughter Harriet. The first was written by Hannah's son David, copied by Hannah because David lacked time to do it himself. It includes details of his visit to New York city where he saw several shows including "Cinderella" and "Down East." On his way home from a horse race in Brooklyn, he got in a fight with a gang of Irishmen, managing to escape relatively unscathed. A note is included from Hannah giving a fanciful account of a cornfield. The second letter is...

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Writes her daughter, giving her news from home and comments on her progress in epistolary.

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Three letters from Harriet Grant to her friends and her brother John.

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Letter to her friend Electra mourning the loss of her aunt McNeil, who was also Electra's friend.

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Writes her friend Louisa Bartle about life in Litchfield the past winter. Mourns the death of her aunt McNeil who is also Louisa's friend.

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Letter to her brother from Bridgeport, where she is staying with their brother Charles. Hopes to see him before he returns to Yale.

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One letter from Isabella Grant (the second wife of Charles William Grant) to her sister-in-law Harriet with news of family in New York.