Orra White letter to Lucy Fowler, 1820 February 19

Item Information

Title:
Orra White letter to Lucy Fowler, 1820 February 19
Description:
A letter to Lucy Douglas Fowler in which Orra White (before her marriage to Edward Hitchcock) congratulates Fowler on her marriage (to Hon. James Fowler) and includes some lines of poetry about marriage, which she claims she does at the insistence of a Mrs. Betsey Parsons. Orra also notes that she is sending Fowler a pattern of some type. Lucy Douglas and Orra White taught together at Amherst Academy before their marriages.
Creator:
Hitchcock, Orra White, 1796-1863
Addressee:
Fowler, Lucy, 1791-1840
Date:
February 19, 1820
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Box 25 Folder 13 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers
Subjects:
Hitchcock, Orra White--1796-1863--Correspondence
Marriage--Poetry
Extent:
1 item (4 pages)
Link to Item:
https://acdc.amherst.edu/view/asc:724107
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Place of origin:
Amherst (Mass.)