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Collection Reference Number GLC01795.052
From Archive Folder Catharine Macaulay family correspondence 
Title Catharine S. Macaulay to William Graham about a fever epidemic, prices and a woman hired as a companion
Date 30 March 1802
Author Gregorie, Catharine S. Macauley (fl. 1784-1845)  
Recipient Graham, William  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description She apologizes for the tardiness of her annual letter. Her family has escaped the recent fever epidemic. She describes the woman she has hired as a companion. She describes local prices and taxes as oppressive, the high cost of things rising far above local wages.
Subjects Women's History  Literature and Language Arts  Global History and Civics  Genealogy  Health and Medical  Children and Family  
People Graham, Catherine Macaulay (1731-1791)  Gregorie, Catharine S. Macaulay (fl. 1784-1845)  Graham, William (fl. 1791-1820)  
Place written Chalderton, England
Theme Women in American History; Children & Family; Education; Health & Medicine
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859