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[Letter from Henrietta Chauncey Booth to her cousin, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby, September 21, 1855]

Description: Letter from Henrietta Chauncey Booth to her cousin, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby. She asks for Elizabeth to thank her son Upshur for sending a book as a gift to her. She talks about their trip to Newport, Pennsylvania and her sister Sarah's baby, Henry Chauncey Savage. She also mentions the will of John Eyre, saying that his servants would be able to choose who they would like to be sold to. She talks at length about yellow fever and people she knows who are affected by it. She also men… more
Date: September 21, 1855
Creator: Booth, Henrietta Chauncey
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

[Letter from Henrietta Chauncey Booth to her cousin, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby, August 11, 1855]

Description: Letter from Henrietta Chauncey Booth to her cousin, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby, detailing her trip to the Virginia shore. Her sister Sarah Chauncey and brother -in-law William L. Savage are with her. She discusses Elizabeth's plan to buy farmland in Accomack County, Virginia, sending her cousin $25 dollars to assist. She mentions the money Elizabeth will be receiving from Andrew Donaldson Campbell's estate in Scotland.
Date: August 11, 1855
Creator: Booth, Henrietta Chauncey
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
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