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( circa )
5 Jan. 1813

Original paper slip text:[ca. 5 Jan. 1813]

Abigail Smith Adams

Original paper slip text:AA

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Elizabeth Smith

Original paper slip text:Elizabeth Smith

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Letter, originally held with
Elizabeth H. Smith

Original paper slip text:Elizabeth H. Smith

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's scrapbook
2 p.
  • This letter has been redated and the recipient re-identified, based on internal evidence and draft in the Adams Papers, for which see slip
    130964

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    . It is filmed in the Smith-Townsend Papers at [Nov. 1798] - AMN & SM 5/20/16
  • Pencilled note "Written after the death of Elizabeth Storer Smith 1786." This is Elizabeth Storer Smith (1726–1786). Louisa's "sister Foster" is Elizabeth (Smith) Foster (daughter of AA's brother William) who married James H. Foster, Nov. 1798 (HRC Genealogy).
  • Xerox print in Accessions File (June, 1964)
  • Elizabeth Smith's scrapbook has been disbound and is now part of the
    Smith-Townsend Family Papers

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    . This letter has been removed from the scrapbook section of the papers and is now in chronological order amongst other correspondence. ER 10/27/2015
  • Finding aid: http://www.masshist.org/collection-guides/view/fa0257

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