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Letter from Mercy Otis Warren to Hannah Winthrop (letterbook copy), [after 5 November 1771], "I know my friend will be glad..."

Letter from Mercy Otis Warren to Hannah Winthrop (letterbook copy), [after 5 November 1771], `I know my friend will be glad...` Manuscript

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    Manuscript

    38.5 cm x 25 cm

    From the Mercy Otis Warren papers, letterbook, 1770-1800, pages 72-73


    Letter from Mercy Otis Warren (1728–1814), in Plymouth, Mass., to Hannah Winthrop (baptized 1727-1790), [after 5 November 1771], offering sympathy for Dr. Winthrop's recent illness, lamenting the passing of Mrs [Abigail Allen] Belcher, and expressing concern about who might be appointed the next president of Harvard after John Winthrop declined the position.