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A Rare Surviving Letter From Martha Washington Sheds Light on Her Young Daughter's Struggle With Epilepsy

Recently obtained by the Library of Congress, the 1760 letter offers positive news about the health of four-year-old Martha Parke Custis, known as Patsy, the stepdaughter of George Washington

A Rare Surviving Letter From Martha Washington Sheds Light on Her Young Daughter's Struggle With Epilepsy

We haven't written up this one. Smithsonian has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

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