Letters sent, 1820-1823 (bulk 1820-1822).

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Letters sent, 1820-1823 (bulk 1820-1822).

Letters, January 27, 1820-January 28, 1823, sent to her daughter (Arabella) and son-in-law (Thomas I. Wharton, Esq.) of Philadelphia. The letters were written chiefly from her farm in Franklin Township (near New Brunswick, New Jersey), although a few are dated at Burlington, New Jersey, or New York City. Those letters addressed to T.I. Wharton are of a business nature (in part relating to a house at Burlington); the letters sent to Arabella deal with personal and family matters.

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Wharton, Thomas I. (Thomas Isaac), 1791-1856

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Lawyer and author, of Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Papers, 1820-1823. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28410519 ...

Griffith, Mary, -1846

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Author and horticulturalist; born Mary Corre; married John Griffith (d. 1815), a wealthy New York City merchant; purchased a farm ("Charlieshope") in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, ca. 1820 and lived there until she sold the property ca. 1836; wrote Our Neighbourhood, or Letters on Horticulture and Natural Phenomena, published 1831, and Camperdown, or News from Our Neighborhood, published 1836; died at Red Hook, Duchess County, New York, in 1846. Note: death date listed incorrec...

Wharton, Arabella Griffith

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Griffith, Mary E., of New Brunswick, N.J.

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