Authors

Emma Hoyt

Transcribers

Liesbeth ten Hoeve

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Description

Letter describing the death of a sister, Grace, due to blood poisoning. The letter is from a niece of Mary van Gorkum, Frank Sr.'s wife. Mary's sister, Sophia, moved to California and Oregon with her husband and eight children, Emma being one of them. This may have been the last letter the LeCocqs ever received from them, as their whereabouts became lost.

Publication Date

10-1889

Keywords

Letter, LeCocq, Hoyt, family, death, blood poisoning, Emma, Grace, Cleveland, Mary, Frank

Comments

The original letter was retaped in an incorrect order, it has been rearranged in a matter which makes the most sense.

Letter from Emma Hoyt, circa 1889

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