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1857 September 7 . Eliza C[ross] Bleasdale ALS to [Anne Dickson Porritt and Agnes]; Janesville, Wisconsin.

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Box 66, Small Collections
Abstract:
Wishes the family would move to America. Harvesting two weeks later than last year; description of harvest thus far. Unusual remarks about her four children, stating that two of them are black and two are white [NB: they are all Caucasian]; uses a derogatory racist epithet. Wishes for family updates. Would like her and her recipient's mother to see the boys "running wild here in the Woods gathering Nuts, Plums Crab Apples Grapes & lots other wild fruit"; they do not wear shoes or socks and their feet are like leather. Snakes. Lost a cow calving. Injured her right hand. Jane and Ellen are horseback riding in fine clothes. Would like father to send newspapers.
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4 pages

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Anne Dickson Porritt family letters, 1849-1859
Total components 9
Last indexed 2025-02-09