Alice Morse Earle letters [manuscript], 1895-1896

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Alice Morse Earle letters [manuscript], 1895-1896

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Letter 1: August 16 (n.d.). Earle writes to Mary Lanman Douw Ferris that the information about the Society of the Daughters of the Cincinnati has not yet arrived. Writes with enthusiasm about the Colonel Dames and her correspondence with Mrs. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney as well as her interest in the Society of the Daughters of the Cincinnati, though she fears that she is not eligible for the latter. Letter 2: 1895 September 14. Earle writes to Mrs. Ferris. Mentions the safe arrival of the chart and Mrs. Ferris' monograph on Mrs. Van Cortlandt. Refers to her own volume on Margaret Winthrop. Letter 3: 1896 April 2. Earle writes to Mrs. Ferris. Mentions an 1881 article in Harpers Magazine about Old Albany. Also refers to purchase and receipt of a book of New York wills. Letter 4: No date. From Earle to Mr. Benjamin apologizing for failure to return certain autographs.

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Ferris, Morris Patterson, Mrs., 1855-1932

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Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911

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American writer, social historian and antiquarian. From the description of Alice Morse Earle letters [manuscript], 1895-1896 (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 174964715 Alice Morse Earle (1851-1911), nee Mary Alice Morse, author, antiquarian, and social historian, was born in Worcester, Mass., on 17 April 1851, the daughter of Edwin Morse (1815-1891) and Abigail Mason Clary Morse ( -1881). She was the sister of Frances Clary Morse ( -1933) and the ha...

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