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Margaret Clark Greene correspondence to Christine Williams Biddle, 1845
Margaret Clark Greene correspondence to Christine Williams Biddle, 1845
Margaret Clark Greene correspondence to Christine Williams Biddle, 1845
Margaret Clark Greene correspondence to Christine Williams Biddle, 1845
Margaret Clark Greene correspondence to Christine Williams Biddle, 1845
Margaret Clark Greene correspondence to Christine Williams Biddle, 1845
Margaret Clark Greene correspondence to Christine Williams Biddle, 1845
Margaret Clark Greene correspondence to Christine Williams Biddle, 1845
Margaret Clark Greene correspondence to Christine Williams Biddle, 1845
Margaret Clark Greene correspondence to Christine Williams Biddle, 1845
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Margaret Clark Greene correspondence to Christine Williams Biddle, 1845

Permanent ID:
13330
Dates:
March 14 1845
April 8 1845
July 3 1845
September 24 1845
November 22 1845
Image Description:
This digital record contains ten images that depict five letters written by Margaret Clark Greene to Christine Williams Biddle. Christine Williams Biddle (1780–1861) was the wife of Thomas Alexander Biddle (1776–1857), the son of American Revolutionary war soldier Clement Biddle (1740–1814). Margaret Clark Greene (1798-1861) was from a prominent Highland Scots family. Her father was Captain Alexander Clark, Royal Marines. Her mother was Margaret Shaw. In 1843 her sister, Isabella, married John A. Macdonald (later Sir), who became the first Prime Minister of Canada. Margaret had no settled home, living at one time or other in the Highlands, the Isle of Man, Liverpool, Philadelphia, New York City, New Haven, East Greenwich, RI; Burlington, NJ; Savannah, Cumberland Is., and elsewhere in GA. In 1822 she married John Ward Greene, a nephew of General Nathanael Greene. Less than three months later he died of illness. Never remarrying, Margaret became the close companion of Louisa Greene Shaw, a daughter of Nathanael Greene.

These letters are held, along with others, in folder 11 (box 7) titled "Christine Williams Biddle Correspondence, 1845," of the Biddle family collection.
Address:
East Greenwich
New Haven
Format:
Correspondence
Collection:
Biddle family papers, 1683-1954
Related Person or Organization:
The Biddle Family (relates to)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Quaker women [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85147407]
Correspondence [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh99001943]
Nineteenth century [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85091984]
Biddle, Thomas, 1776-1857 [info:lc/authorities/names/n86114538]