Box 04

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Regarding the purchase of some velvet.

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Regarding her sewing, visits, and two of the May Balls and their Queens. Josephine Hillman’s curled hair was unbecoming when she was queen, but Miss McCleary made a pretty queen at her ball.

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Regarding his relationship with Miss Sue, her judgement of it, and Carroll’s stories of it. He goes on to say he is in love and describes “The Widow”. Dr. Duhamel says Martha will be married soon and he asks the suitors name.

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Regarding Constance’s illness and death.

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Letter urging Martha to spend the Winter with the Brownes.

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Regarding recent visit to Kent and her enjoyment of shocking the prim Judge Carmie and his family.

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Regarding the death of Martha’s brother Daniel Carroll on the heels of his recent marriage.

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Regarding the scandal of a young lawyer, Mr. Nick Cleary who married the granddaughter of Washington Young and had charge of Mrs. Hamilton and Mary Neale’s businesses, after taking the Hamilton’s money and forging some mortgages has disappeared for “parts unknown”. His wife might lose the already heavily mortgaged house. There is news of other friends and family.

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Regarding a copy of Byron’s The Corsair that he left at Trumpington and needs to return to his friend.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection contains materials from the Smyth, Young, Willson, and Strong families that have resided at Trumpington Manor for over three centuries. Much of the collection is the correspondence of Anna Young of Washington D.C. who married into the Willson family at Trumpington. Much of the later material was compiled by Mildred Strong, including the research on the Smyth family.This collection contains four series: Young family papers; Willson family papers; Smyth family...