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Graceanna Lewis letter to Mariann Lewis; Rebecca Fussell letter to Edwin Fussell
Description
Mariann Lewis and Rebecca Lewis Fussell were Graceanna Lewis's sisters; Edwin Fussell was their cousin and Rebecca Lewis Fussell's husband. Mariann is travelling to Indiana; part of her journey has been on steam boat. Jane, the family servant, has gotten married, and Graceanna approves of the work of the new servant, Ann Bradley. Several people in the family have been reading "Jane Eyre." Rebecca writes that Sarah, "a little colored girl," is hurt because Edwin Fussell said farewell to the white children but not to her.