Box 01
Contains 70 Results:
J.R. Compton letter to Anna M. Young, 1840 September 27
Sent care of Dr. Thomas Willson. Letter regarding family news. Includes transcript.
J.R. Compton letter to Anna M. Young, 1841 March 14
Sent care of Dr. Thomas Willson.
J.R. Compton letter to Anna M. Young at Rock Hall, Maryland, 1841 December 5
Sent care of Dr. Thomas Willson. Letter regarding family news, mostly illnesses. Includes transcript.
J.R. Compton letter to Anna M. Young, 1842 July 4
Sent care of Dr. Thomas Willson, letter is addressed to Nannie, Anna’s nickname. Letter regarding family news, including a recent move and the death of Father Grivel. Includes transcript.
J.R. Compton letter to Anna M. Willson at Rock Hall, Maryland, 1842 December 25
J.R. Compton letter to Anna M. Willson, February 1
Partial letter most likely written in the 1840s. Letter mentions that several children died from fever during the winter.
J.R. Compton, at Washington, letter to Anna Willson at Rock Hall, Maryland, 1843 February 2
Addressed to Martha, Anna’s middle name, and William, care of R. B. Willson. Letter regarding a family friend taking his vows, the death of Sister Mary Dolorous, Mercy May’s new suitor and how she likes to annoy cousin Mathew, the marriage of Carolina Vourse and Captain Dulany, as well as news of other family and friends.
J.R. Compton, at Georgetown, letter to Anna M. Willson, 1843 March 28
Addressed to Nannie, Anna’s nickname. Letter regarding mentions swan hunting, Julia’s students being distracted, recalls a heavy snow storm during the winter, a possible duel due to Mr. Iturbide insulting a woman at a fashionable party, as well as other news of family and friends. Includes transcript.
J.R. Compton letter to Anna M. Willson, 1843 June 7
Letter regarding Anna’s cousin’s recent Rabies scare and Julia recounts her own childhood experience with a rabid dog. Includes transcript.
J.R. Compton letter to Anna M. Willson, 1843 June 23
Letter regarding family news including cousin Matthew restoring a Protestant church, also mentions how Anna’s past letter, most likely describing the Rabies incident, was passed around and some more information on Hydrophobia. Includes transcript.