Letter to James Greenleaf

Authors

Philander Chase

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Description

Chase updates his Uncle on his family's well-being and sends his best to Aunt Cranch.

Date

8-6-1829

Keywords

Fanny Chase, Aunt Cranch

Transcript

Dear Uncle

Allow me to send you a piece of College News.

All well: which is more than was expected after Fanny’s confinement with two fine Babes at a birth; They lived only a few hours.

That God may bless you & Dear Aunt Cranch & family is my constant & fervent prayer

P. Chase

6. Aug’t 1829.

Recommended Citation

Chase, Philander, "Letter to James Greenleaf" (1829). Philander Chase Letters. 800.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/chase_letters/800