Elizabeth Willing Powel to George Washington Parke Custis, 10 May 1788

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Creator

Powel, Elizabeth Willing

Title

Elizabeth Willing Powel to George Washington Parke Custis, 10 May 1788

Description

Elizabeth Powel writes to George Washington Parke Custis, George Washington's six year old step grandson, to acknowledge his thank you note for the book "The Children's Friends." She also sends him a camera obscura, in the hopes he would take the profiles of his sisters and grandmother, and send them back to Philadelphia.

Date

1788-05-10

Source

http://catalog.mountvernon.org/digital/collection/p16829coll6/id/40/rec/1

Contributor

Snyder, Samantha

Bibliographic Citation

"Elizabeth Willing Powel to George Washington Parke Custis, 10 May 1788," Mount Veron Ladies Association.

Spatial Coverage

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

recipient

Powel, Elizabeth Willing

Relation

George Washington Parke Custis to Elizabeth Willing Powel, 17 January 1788
Title Page and Frontispiece, "The Children's Friends" (1788)
Camera Obscura

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