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1. 499. Elizabeth Barnwell to Catherine Osborn Barnwell -- ca. 1857

499. Elizabeth Barnwell to Catherine Osborn Barnwell -- ca. 1857
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1857
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Letter from Elizabeth Barnwell to mother, Catherine Osborn Barnwell, describing her stay in Columbia with her siblings at their older brother's house. Barnwell writes of getting free tickets to see a performance of the "Lilliputian Band", a group of five "little negroes", and comments on her brother's kitchenware, including a description of a chafing dish heated with camphene. ca. 1857.

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