1830-04-15---KANAWHA C.B.VA---CDS---LUCIUS LYON TO HIS SISTER LUCRETIA--WRITES OF MARRIAGE AND COURTSHIP; THE CELEBRATED WESTERN BELLE ELIZABETH PHILIPS OF DAYTON, OHIO; VISITING CINCINNATI; AND VIRGINIA HOSPITALITY---BRO ORSON IS AT BUFFALO AT HIS EXPENSE, AND WILL JOIN HIM SURVEYING--"SOME TWO MONTH AGO ON MY ARRIVAL AT CINCINNATI I WROTE YOU A SHORT NOTE AND PROMISED TO WRITE YOU AGAIN SOON, BUT I HAVE BEEN SO MUCH ENGAGED IN DOING NOTHING THAT REALLY I HAVE SCARCELY FOUND THE TIME TO FULFILL MY PROMISE"---"MUST GET THE MONEY TO SUPPORT THE LOVE BEFORE MARRYING; FOR THE OLD STORY HAS IT, THAT 'WHEN POVERTY CAME IN AT THE DOOR, LOVE FLEW OUT AT THE WINDOW'"----HOMEGROWN PHILOSOPHY----GENEALOGY---3PGS---PAGE 2-----Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N

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1. 1830-04-15---KANAWHA C.B.VA---CDS---LUCIUS LYON TO HIS SISTER LUCRETIA--WRITES OF MARRIAGE AND COURTSHIP; THE CELEBRATED WESTERN BELLE ELIZABETH PHILIPS OF DAYTON, OHIO; VISITING CINCINNATI; AND VIRGINIA HOSPITALITY---BRO ORSON IS AT BUFFALO AT HIS EXPENSE, AND WILL JOIN HIM SURVEYING--"SOME TWO MONTH AGO ON MY ARRIVAL AT CINCINNATI I WROTE YOU A SHORT NOTE AND PROMISED TO WRITE YOU AGAIN SOON, BUT I HAVE BEEN SO MUCH ENGAGED IN DOING NOTHING THAT REALLY I HAVE SCARCELY FOUND THE TIME TO FULFILL MY PROMISE"---"MUST GET THE MONEY TO SUPPORT THE LOVE BEFORE MARRYING; FOR THE OLD STORY HAS IT, THAT 'WHEN POVERTY CAME IN AT THE DOOR, LOVE FLEW OUT AT THE WINDOW'"----HOMEGROWN PHILOSOPHY----GENEALOGY---3PGS---PAGE 1-----Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..

2. 1830-04-15---KANAWHA C.B.VA---CDS---LUCIUS LYON TO HIS SISTER LUCRETIA--WRITES OF MARRIAGE AND COURTSHIP; THE CELEBRATED WESTERN BELLE ELIZABETH PHILIPS OF DAYTON, OHIO; VISITING CINCINNATI; AND VIRGINIA HOSPITALITY---BRO ORSON IS AT BUFFALO AT HIS EXPENSE, AND WILL JOIN HIM SURVEYING--"SOME TWO MONTH AGO ON MY ARRIVAL AT CINCINNATI I WROTE YOU A SHORT NOTE AND PROMISED TO WRITE YOU AGAIN SOON, BUT I HAVE BEEN SO MUCH ENGAGED IN DOING NOTHING THAT REALLY I HAVE SCARCELY FOUND THE TIME TO FULFILL MY PROMISE"---"MUST GET THE MONEY TO SUPPORT THE LOVE BEFORE MARRYING; FOR THE OLD STORY HAS IT, THAT 'WHEN POVERTY CAME IN AT THE DOOR, LOVE FLEW OUT AT THE WINDOW'"----HOMEGROWN PHILOSOPHY----GENEALOGY---3PGS---PAGE 2-----Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Read More..

3. 1830-04-15---KANAWHA C.B.VA---CDS---LUCIUS LYON TO HIS SISTER LUCRETIA--PAGE 3-- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan Read More..