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Graceanna Lewis and Esther Lewis letter to Rebecca Lewis Fussell and Edwin Fussell
Description
Rebecca Lewis Fussell was Graceanna Lewis' sister; Edwin Fussell was both cousin and husband of Rebecca Lewis Fussell. Written over the course of several days. Graceanna Lewis celebrates a step in British emancipation in poetic language and recounts hearing a Quaker discuss abolition at meeting. She also mentions the suffering of John Jacobs and discusses the blooming of plants, sprouting of seeds, and news of her relatives. She thinks she has discovered a new plant species. Her mother, Esther Lewis, writes of a conflict over women's rights in abolitionist circles that involved Abby Kelley Foster and Lucretia Mott. Both women make references to relatives' illnesses.