Abbe family correspondence and papers, ca. 1780-1858.

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Abbe family. Abbe family correspondence and papers, ca. 1780-1858.

Abbe family correspondence and papers, ca. 1780-1858.

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Primarily correspondence among members of an Enfield, Connecticut, family. A significant number of the letters refer to the early deaths of three sisters, namely Lorinda Abbe, Lucinda Abbe Chase, and Harriet Abbe. Julia Ann Curtis, a cousin, was a favorite correspondent of all the sisters. Lorinda was being aggressively courted by Charles Cleveland in 1819, and had several other possible suitors among her correspondents. Parents Richard and Lydia Abbe also received several letters from family and friends. The deaths of Lorinda and Lucinda were marked by a poem and a eulogy, respectively.

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