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Letter from Harriet Lane to Lily Macalester

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Letter from Harriet Lane to Lily Macalester
Number of Pages
7
Date
July 14, 1853

Harriet Lane writes Lily Macalester with gossip about mutual acquaintances and discusses Wheatland. Lane lives with her uncle, James Buchanan, in Pennsylvania. Transcript included.

People
Lane, Harriet
Macalester, Lily
Buchanan, James
Parker, Hetty
Subject
Personal and Family Life
Format
Letters/Correspondence
Time Period
1840-1859
Location
I-Friends-2001-5
Origin
Gift of Friends of the Library
Letter from Harriet Lane to Lily Macalester

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