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Church, Angelica (1756-1814) to Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09629.02 Author/Creator: Church, Angelica (1756-1814) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 March 1787 Pagination: 3 p. : address ; 23.7 x 19.4 cm. Order a Copy

A letter from Angelica to her Mother. Angelica mentions her Father and a letter he sent mentioning her mother is healthy again and looks better. She mentions sending seeds that her father asked for. Angelica also mentions that there is a possibility of her family coming to England to visit and asks that they bring her sisters. Angelica also writes 'I wish to god I had been a boy; or an old maid and then I had never left you."

Church, Angelica, 1756-1814
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Catherine, (1734-1803)
Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804

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