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Preferred Citation:

H.E. Williams Letter to Mary Jones, 1856 August 2, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William and Mary.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Gary Barranger, class of '73 Law '76.

Content Description

Williams writes to her sister in Charlottesville, Virginia, to inquire about their father's ailing health and to give an update on the health of her own family. Her son Robert is the sickest, taken with the summer complaints, which a doctor diagnoses as dysentery. She also writes about the rental or purchase of a summer home and begs her sister to respond directly with her opinions on the matter.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Charlottesville (Va.)--History--19th century
• Dysentery
• Gary Alonzo Barranger