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Box 2

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Contains 25 Results:

To a Cousin from Mary Ann Wright, 1859-06

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Detailed description of a visit to West Point. Also mentions that much occupied with yearly meeting (NYYM), slightly fewer people stayed at their home

Dates: 1859-06

Noah Chapman from Mariana Wright, 1863 June-Oct.

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Letters from Mary Anna, beginning June 1863. She signs Mariana in July. Between Sept. and Oct. 1863, the letters quickly become loving.

Dates: 1863 June-Oct.

Noah Chapman from Mariana Wright, 1863, Nov-Dec., and undated

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Letter of Dec. 3 mentions a friend, Libbie Cheyney, whose fiancé was imprisoned in Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. Attended an event with violin and dancing.

Dates: 1863, Nov-Dec., and undated

Amos W. Wright (1844-1916) from Mariana Wright, 1863

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Letter to her brother Amos who is studying medicine in NYC. Says she would rather have been married in NY, but was convinced she must be married in Springboro in order to be married under the care of a meeting.

Dates: 1863

Aron Wright and Mary W. from Mariana W. Chapman, 1864-10

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Mariana's parents are in NY to be with Mary's father, Amos Willets (1792-1864), at his deathbed. Mariana is caring for family at home including youngest brother John, born 1860. Writes of typhoid in Richmond, IN, and deaths in War, including son of William Gregg who lost a second son, killed in Sheridan's latest battle.

Dates: 1864-10