Description: Plumstead family letters

Plumstead family letters

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Main Author:	Plumstead family (Creator)
Collection:	Plumstead Family Letters
Collection Number:	3393
Format:	Manuscript
Language:	English
Subjects:	Death and mourning > 18th century. Disease and Sickness, Treatment of > 18th Century Family life > Personal Correspondence > 18th century.

Physical Description:	0.25 Linear feet 1 box
Summary:	There are several families represented in this collection of personal correspondence--Gore, Elliot, and Cathcart. It is unclear as to the familial connection with the Plumstead family. The only link is that a Mrs. Gore, sister of Elizabeth Elliot, is staying with the Plumstead family who reside on Front Street in Philadelphia. In the letters are discussions of family and personal matters, particularly health issues. Based on the paperstock, some of these letters appear to be copies. According to a note inserted with this material, most of these letters have been printed in Eugene Devereaux' "Chronicles of the Plumstead Family" (Philadelphia, 1887).

Physical Description:

0.25 Linear feet 1 box

Summary:

There are several families represented in this collection of personal correspondence--Gore, Elliot, and Cathcart. It is unclear as to the familial connection with the Plumstead family. The only link is that a Mrs. Gore, sister of Elizabeth Elliot, is staying with the Plumstead family who reside on Front Street in Philadelphia. In the letters are discussions of family and personal matters, particularly health issues. Based on the paperstock, some of these letters appear to be copies. According to a note inserted with this material, most of these letters have been printed in Eugene Devereaux' "Chronicles of the Plumstead Family" (Philadelphia, 1887).

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