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1848 April 7 . E[liab] M[etcalf] Allen ALS to "Sister" [Abby M. Hiller]; Greensboro, Georgia.

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Box 2
Abstract:
His wife delivered their son prematurely, and the infant survived thirteen days. Comments on his son's appearance, their emotions towards him, and grief at his passing. "We can assign no reason for this accident, excepting that such affairs have been quite fashionable in this quarter of late, and the ladies you know are so prone to follow the fashions!" Notes other health concerns, news of locals, and inquires after the family of a woman living in Greensboro who used to live in New Haven, Connecticut.
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