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Title: 1832-10-14---GALENA ILL---CDS---FROM LUCIUS LYON TO HIS SISTER LUCRETIA LYON{B. 20 OCT 1807} AT SHELBURN VERMONT---LYON FAMILY PAPERS---WRITES THAT HE HAS RECEIVED LETTERS FROM HIS SISTERS MAREB LYON{B. 29 OCT 1803} AND ESTHER LYON{B. 7 SEP 1811}; MENTIONS THAT IF ESTHER HAS NOT ACCEPTED THE PROPOSAL SHE MENTIONED "IT IS NOT IMPROBABLE THAT WITHIN A YEAR OR TWO IT MAY BE IN MY POWER TO PLACE HER IN DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS, HOWEVER, WILL DEPEND VERY MUCH ON HER IMPROVEMENT AND ABILITY TO ACT HER PART WELL IN SOCIETY WHERE SHE MIGHT BE INTRODUCED." ALSO "THE STORY YOU MENTION ABOUT MISS CASS[ELIZABETH SELDEN CASS, B. 1811, D. 15 JUL1832, FATHER, LEWIS CASS{1782-1866}, MOTHER, ELIZABETH SPENCER LIVINGSTON CASS{1786-1853}] AND MYSELF IS ONE OF THE THOUSAND EVERY DAY CIRCULATED BY THE GOSSIPS WHO HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO TALK ABOUT, AND WAS WITHOUT FOUNDATION...SHE DIED IN JULY WHILST I WAS WITH HER FATHER, ON HIS RETURN FROM WASHINGTON TO DETROIT."---HE WILL BE LEAVING IN ABOUT A WEEK TO RESUME HIS SURVEY TO ESTABLISH THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF ILLINOIS; HIS BROTHER ORSON IS SURVEYING 25 MILES NORTH WITH JAMES NIDE TO WHO FORMERLY LIVED WITH JUDGE HALL IN SHELBURN; MENTIONS DEATHS IN THE TOWN FROM CHOLERA---GENEALOGY-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N   Item ID: E0-18441    View Map