The Zilpah Grant Letters
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History
These letters were written by Zilpah Grant to family and to people connected with Ipswich Female Seminary. The Pettibone letters were purchased in 2005 and 2009, and the other two in the same week in 2019 from two different sources.
The Images
All letters have at least their first page or a portion of the first page scanned, and comments about their contents are included below.
- A Letter Written on Jul 7, 1830, to Susan Brigham
- envelope Postmarked Jul 7, 1830 in Ipswich, Mass. Addressed to Miss Susan Brigham, Grafton, Mass.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Oct 14, 1840, to Lois C. Lord
- envelope Postmarked Oct 14, 1840 in Walpole, Mass. Addressed to Miss Lois C. Lord, Ipswich, Mass.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Mar 14, 1842, to brother-in-law Amos Pettibone
- envelope Postmarked Mar 15 [1842] in Newburyport, Mass. Addressed to Amos Pettibone, Norfolk, Conn.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
- A Letter Written on Apr 23, 1842, to brother-in-law Amos Pettibone
- envelope Postmarked Apr 24 [1842] in Newburyport, Mass.
- page 1 Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.