Letter: Elizabeth Chester, Jackson, to Mary Jane Chester, Columbia, 1841

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Letter written by Elizabeth Chester, Jackson, Tennessee, to her daughter Mary Jane Chester, at the Columbia Female Institute, Columbia, Tennessee, dated February 15, 1841. Asks about Mary Jane's examination and says she hopes to be present when she takes her next one. She notes their intention to visit Andrew Jackson's home at the Hermitage and go on to Nashville. Elizabeth tells Mary Jane "...you must improve while you have the opportunity I should like for you to show to advantage in Nashville give great attention to your walk and manners, an easy graceful carriage is all important,..." Notes her principal praised her in high terms which was very pleasing to her parents and relations. Elizabeth urges Mary Jane to write more to her mother and aunts than to some of her friends and to be careful what she wrote to the latter. Mary Jane's father Robert adds a note that he will be in Columbia on the 26th.

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sc.0025.001_007.004

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1841 Febraury 15

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Chester, Elizabeth.

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"Letter: Elizabeth Chester, Jackson, to Mary Jane Chester, Columbia, 1841" (2021). Documents. 9.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-chester1/9