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Twelve letters to Mary Brooke Briggs Brooke from her son Henry Briggs Brooke dated March 17, 1847, February 10, 1849, March 15, 1849, April 15, 1849, April 28, 1849, December 23, 1849, January 19, 1850, January 30, 1850, March 1, 1851, September 24, 1851, April 28, 1852, and June 17, 1852. A portion of the April 28, 1849 letter is written in shorthand.
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Weather; Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880; Shorthand; Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1852; Health; Brooke, Henry Briggs -- Correspondence; Society for Free Debate (Philadelphia, Pa.); Actions and defenses; Brooke, Mary Brooke Briggs -- Correspondence; Society of Friends; Mexican War, 1846-1848; Families |