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Sara Josepha Hale Collection, Accession 7639-e, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Purchase 1996 December 9
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
[Writes news of her children, including her son, Horatio [Hale] , who is accompanying the [Charles] Wilkes expedition to explore the coast of the Antarctic continent . Inquires about the preparations for the 4th of March, the inauguration of William Henry Harrison , and suggests she write the details of the event for The Godey's Lady's Book . Makes social comments on a Mrs. Barrett, [Samuel Harrison] Smith , Miss Smith, Miss Boyd, and her Smith's son. Plans to come through Washington on her way to visit friends in the West and to bring the promised books.]