Letter from Elizabeth Wadsworth to her father, Peleg Wadsworth
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Description
Elizabeth Wadsworth wrote this letter to her father, Peleg Wadsworth, who was in Philadelphia, with family news and asking for a token from George Washington, who had recently died. She mentioned her father getting either a lock of hair, a sample of handwriting or music from his funeral service. The letter was written January 19, 1800.
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- Title: Letter from Elizabeth Wadsworth to her father, Peleg Wadsworth
- Creator: Elizabeth Wadsworth
- Creation Date: 1800-01-19
- Subject Date: 1800-01-19
- Town: Philadelphia, Portland
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME, PA
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. S-1247 MS-00-448 vol. 1 misc. box 5/5/
- Object Type: Text
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Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822
http://www.mainehistory.org
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LC Subject Headings
Families--Maine--Portland
Washington, George, 1732-1799--Relics--Hair
Presidents
Wadsworth, Elizabeth, 1779-1802--Correspondence
Letters
Wadsworth, Peleg, 1748-1928--Correspondence
Manuscripts
People
George Washington Elizabeth Wadsworth Peleg Wadsworth
Other Keywords
First ladies , Tobias Lear , Lear, Tobias , Washington, Martha, 1732-1801 , Martha Washington
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