Orra White letter to Lucy Fowler, 1820 February 19

Creator	Hitchcock, Orra White, 1796-1863
Recipient	Fowler, Lucy, 1791-1840
Title	Orra White letter to Lucy Fowler, 1820 February 19
Dates	1820-02-19
Abstract	A letter to Lucy Douglas Fowler in which Orra White (before her marriage to Edward Hitchcock) congratulates Fowler on her marriage (to Hon. James Fowler) and includes some lines of poetry about marriage, which she claims she does at the insistence of a Mrs. Betsey Parsons. Orra also notes that she is sending Fowler a pattern of some type. Lucy Douglas and Orra White taught together at Amherst Academy before their marriages.
Physical Description	1 item (4 pages)
Place of Creation	Amherst (Mass.)
Genre	Correspondence
Subject	Hitchcock, Orra White, 1796-1863 – Correspondence
Subject	Marriage – Poetry
Part of	Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers
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Repository	Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Shelf Location	Box 25 Folder 13
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