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Box 41

 Container

Contains 13 Results:

Letters to Laura Hope from S.A. Henry ("Nana"), 1893 June 20-1903 September 3

 File — Box: 41, Folder: 10-12
Identifier: Subseries 5.1.
Scope and Contents

Letters to LH from S.A. Hendry, aka "Nana Hendry," servant and nursemaid to LH and AH; letters seem to mainly be about caring for EH as a baby and young child.

Dates: 1893 June 20-1903 September 3

Letters from Esme Hope to her parents and her sister, 1900-1904

 File — Box: 41, Folder: 13
Identifier: Subseries 5.1.
Scope and Contents

Letters written by Esme Hope as a child to her parents, Laura Hope and Adrian Hope. Letters are in a childish hand and often contain the remnants of pressed flowers; folder includes one letter from Esme to her sister Jacqueline, on "The Hare and The Tortoise" stationery (5/22/1904)

Dates: 1900-1904

Letters to Esme Hope from her cousin Charlotte Allen, 1903-1905

 File — Box: 41, Folder: 14
Identifier: Subseries 5.1.
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries comprises a mini-archive compiled in part by Laura Hope following the death of her beloved younger daughter Esme in February 1905. Included are letters from Esmé to Laura and Adrian, as well as letters about Esmé and letters of condolence to Laura and Jacqueline after Esmé’s death. There are 19 letters. 11 picture cards, 3 photos and 11 artistic items, including juvenile drawings and watercolors, some evidently by Esmé, others possibly executed by Laura and colored in by...
Dates: 1903-1905