[Letter from Charlotte Mexia to Emily de Zavala, April 22, 1837]
Description:
Letter from Charlotte Mexia to Emily de Zavala, widow of Lorenzo de Zavala, dated April 22, 1837 from New Orleans. The letter refers to her sadness after her son Henry and many friends have left the city. Mrs. Zavala, with her three children and a servant, traveled from Texas to New Orleans on the schooner Flash, arriving March 20, 1837. She and Mrs. Mexia had been friends in Mexico in 1832. Mrs. Zavala and her children left New Orleans for New York on April 9, 1837, thirteen days before Mr…
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Date:
April 22, 1834
Creator:
Mexia, Charlotte
Partner:
The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History