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Whitehead, Mary Ann Goodrich Wolcott, 1816 Jan 1 Folder 72

One letter to her father Frederick Wolcott from New York reporting on her agreeable situation with her cousin Laura Wolcott Gibbs; states that her teacher is pleased with her progress and believes her to be a good scholar; says she has declined all invitations to balls and parties believing it to be against her parents wishes; notes that she hasn't so much as read a novel since arriving in New York.

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  2. Wolcott family collection, 1740-1844, Date acquired: 01/01/1906, bulk 1790-1837
  3. Correspondence, 1740-1844

Whitehead, Mary Ann Goodrich Wolcott to Wolcott, Frederick Henry, 1831 Apr 2 Folder 73

Mary Ann writes to her brother to give details of their sister Laura's wedding to Robert G. Rankin. Reports that they all wished he were there; notes that Laura was a beautiful bride and gives a description of her dress (now in the collection of the Museum of the City of New York); requests that Frederick be careful of his health; details their father's work in the garden; notes that the parlor and dining room have been papered and painted; teases him about a pretty girl.

  1. The Litchfield Historical Society
  2. Wolcott family collection, 1740-1844, Date acquired: 01/01/1906, bulk 1790-1837
  3. Correspondence, 1740-1844
  4. Whitehead, Mary Ann Goodrich Wolcott, 1831, 1837

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