Letters to and from Mary Wistar Brown
Scope and Contents
(ca. 31 items) includes: letters, 1815-1840 and many not dated. notes on contents: Letters to and from family and friends on family and personal matters (health concerns, invitations to parties, household matters, memorial of Elizabeth Armit (Mary Wistar's grandmother, d. 1802), thoughts for Thomas Wistar Brown (b. 1826) on various birthdays from his mother, etc.) Correspondents include her mother, Mary (Waln) Wistar (1765-1844), her father Thomas Wistar (1764-1851), Eliza Kirkbride (later Gurney)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
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