Letter from James Wilson to Hannah Grey

Letter from James Wilson to Hannah Grey
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PDF icon Letter from James Wilson to Hannah Grey
Number of Pages: 
3
Date: 
June 20, 1793

James Wilson writes a love letter to Miss Hannah Grey and explains that he will not be able to visit her in Boston as he had hoped. Wilson asks her to "authorize me to think and call you mine." Three months after Wilson sends this letter, James Wilson and Hannah Grey are married. Transcript included.

People: 
Grey, Hannah
Wilson, James
Subject: 
Personal and Family Life
Format: 
Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 
1780-1799
Location: 
I-SpahrB-undated-16
Origin: 
Gift of Boyd Lee Spahr