Skipwith Revolutionary War Letters
 

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skipwith_f20

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3-31-1824

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Lillia Skipwith Tucker (daughter of Sir Peyton Skipwith, baronet, of Mecklenburg County, VA/ Prestwould Plantation and his first wife, Ann Miller), writes to her sister-in-law, Cornelia L. Littlefield. Lillia married first George Carter and then St. George Tucker, and Cornelia was married to Lillia's brother Peyton (her second marriage). Lillia's is a life with many medical hardships, both her own and those of her family and friends. She asks for news of other family members.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Sisters; Liver diseases -- Treatment -- 19th century; United States -- History -- 1815-1861

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correspondence

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Skipwith Revolutionary War Collection, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

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L. Tucker to Cornelia L. Littlefield (31 March 1824)

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