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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06997.60 |
| From Archive Folder | War of 1812: Correspondence and documents on the war, POWs in Canada, behaviour of soldiers, conditions in New Orleans, laying the Tennessee state line and founding of Memphis City. Documents relate to James Winchester, his family and associates |
| Title | Susan Winchester to her daughter, Maria Breedlove, regarding the birth of her granddaughter and other family news |
| Date | 4 May 1818 |
| Author | Winchester, Susan Black (1771-1864) |
| Recipient | Breedlove, Maria |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Mrs. Winchester is happy that her daughters and her new granddaughter are well. She sympathizes with Maria's domestic difficulties, occasioned by "grumbling servants of colour and newly imported German girls," but says that "without pain trouble and anxiety families cannot be raised…" She concludes with news of family and neighbors. |
| Subjects | War of 1812 Military History Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Prisoner of War Canada Battle |
| People | Winchester, Susan Black (1771-1864) Breedlove, Maria Winchester (1793-1846) |
| Place written | Cairo |
| Theme | War of 1812; Foreign Affairs; Children & Family; Health & Medicine; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |