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Letter. Abigail Williams, Waltham, Massachusetts, to Sarah Williams, Deerfield, Massachusetts

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1760 November 10
Part of: Parsons-Williams Family Correspondence
Rare Books & Special Collections, Hesburgh Libraries

A personal letter to Sarah Williams from her mother, Abigail Leonard Williams. At the time Sarah Williams was visiting in Deerfield, where her paternal grandfather, Rev. John Williams, was minister at the turn of the eighteenth century. John Williams, his wife, and seven of his children, including Sarah's father Warham Williams, were among those made captive in the famous Deerfield raid of 1703/4. The letter includes a brief postscript in an unidentified masculine hand.

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1760 November 10

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/repositories/3/archival_objects/876747
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Receipt. Joseph Parsons, Bradford, Massachusetts

Receipt. Joseph Parsons, Bradford, Massachusetts

Letter. Hannah Dickinson, Dearfield [Deerfield], Massachusetts, to Sarah Williams, Waltham, Massachusetts

Letter. Hannah Dickinson, Dearfield [Deerfield], Massachusetts, to Sarah Williams, Waltham, Massachusetts

Letter. Lydia Williams, Dearfield [Deerfield], Massachusetts, to "Sally Williams" [Sarah Williams], Waltham, Massachusetts

Letter. Lydia Williams, Dearfield [Deerfield], Massachusetts, to "Sally Williams" [Sarah Williams], Waltham, Massachusetts

Letter. Joseph Parsons [Jr.], Brookfield, Massachusetts, to "Honored Sir" [Joseph Parsons], n. p.

Letter. Joseph Parsons [Jr.], Brookfield, Massachusetts, to "Honored Sir" [Joseph Parsons], n. p.

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