Parker, Elizabeth (Elwell), 1809-1848 (SC 3478)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

10-8-2019

Comments

This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3478. Letter, 18 August 1837, to Samuel Elwell and his wife in care of Henry Elwell, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from Samuel’s sister E. E. Parker, Louisville, Kentucky. She expresses hope for the education and success of Samuel’s newborn son and advises that she and her husband are doing well at “the best business place on the river.” She notes amenities in Louisville such as “large handsome stores,” an abundance of berries and other foodstuffs, steam and flatboats on the river, and good blacksmithing, despite a shortage of coinage. She also remarks on recent Independence Day celebrations and makes references to her family at home and in Philadelphia.

Disciplines

United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Parker, Elizabeth (Elwell), 1809-1848 (SC 3478)" (2019). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 4749.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4749