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Lewis William Otto wrote to his sister in-law Susan Kean, both locations unknown. He talked mainly about the recent death of his wife and Susan's sister, Elizabeth "Eliza" Otto, and politely declined Susan's offer to mother his daughter. He explained how in her last letter Elizabeth suggested that Susan's niece, Eliza Bayard, would be best suited to raise the child since they both had similar obligations to one another. He ended the letter by quoting some of her beautiful final words. The letter is dated December of 1788 without an exact day of the month noted.

Author/Creator

Lewis William Otto

Recipient

Susan Kean, formerly Susan Livingston and later Susan Ursin Niemcewicz (1759-1833)

Creation Date

12-1-1788

Document Type

Manuscript

Location

Unknown location

Collection

Liberty Hall Collection, 1711-1847 (bulk 1790-1830)

Inventory Location

Bay 1, Column 1, LHC Series 2

Rights

This collection is open to the public for research use. Copyright remains with Kean University. Credit this material. Personal photographs may be made for research purposes. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to Lynette Zimmerman, Executive Director at the Liberty Hall Academic Center & Exhibition Hall at lzimmerm@kean.edu.

Publishing Repository

Special Collections Research Library and Archive, Kean University

Lewis William Otto to Susan Kean, December, 1788

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