Papers of Lily Macalester Berghmans Laughton

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Papers of Lily Macalester Berghmans Laughton

1850-1891

https://archives.mountvernon.org/repositories/2/resources/22

The bulk of this collection is correspondence to Mrs. Laughton concerning Mount Vernon and the work of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association. Other material includes correspondence from Mrs. Laughton, formal reports and papers of the MVLA, personal correspondence and memoirs, photographs, printed material, and ephemera. The overall dates range from 1850 to 1891 with the bulk of the collection dating from the 1860s-1880s.

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George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

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