1840-09-05 Letter to Mother Mary Lecor, Superior General of Sisters of Providence, Ruillé-sur-Loir
| Description: |
A letter to Mother Mary Lecor describing the forty-day voyage to America. The second part of the letter describes the arrival in New York Harbor, sea storms and sickness, and the visit by an unnamed doctor sent to meet the Sisters. Dated September 5, 1840. |
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| Origin: | 1840-09-05 |
| Created By: |
Guérin, Theodore, Saint, 1798-1856 |
| Contributor(s): |
Lecor, Mary, Mother |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll61/id/1515 |
| Collection: |
Letters and Journals of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Subjects: |
Guérin, Theodore, Saint, 1798-1856 -- Correspondence Ocean travel -- 1840-1850 -- Anecdotes Transatlantic voyages -- 19th century -- Anecdotes New York -- Description and travel -- 19th century |
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