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Unfinished Draft of Letter Written by Mary Johnson, Likely to John Worman from the collections of the Worthington Historical Society (WHS) may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in any way and proper credit is given: "Courtesy of the Worthington Historical Society, Worthington, OH." Prior written permission of the WHS is required for any other use of Unfinished Draft of Letter Written by Mary Johnson, Likely to John Worman. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.
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Unfinished Draft of Letter Written by Mary Johnson, Likely to John Worman is text, with genre letter and correspondence.
It was created in 1841.
Worthington Historical Society is the Contributor.
This draft letter was written by Mary Johnson of Worthington, Ohio, presumably to John R. Worman of Zanesville, Ohio. Mary apologizes for an illness delaying her response to his previous letter of May 7th. Mary had developed a fever some days prior to receiving his letter. She wishes to tell him of her journey, but feels like she might miss something. She defers to tell him about most of her journey until his expected visit. Until then, she describes the steamboat journey from Pittsburgh to Portsmouth and the beautiful scenery.
Mary was daughter of one of Worthington's founders, Orange Johnson and wife Achsa (Maynard) Johnson. She married Francis Sessions on August 18, 1847. The Sessions were interested in promoting art and art instruction in Columbus. The Sessions art collection formed a basis for the Columbus Museum of Art collection.
John R. Worman and Mary Johnson met on a stagecoach as she and her father were traveling back to Worthington from a trip to Washington. They corresponded in 1841 and 1842.
It covers the topics health and travel.
It features the people John R. Worman and Mary Sessions (née Johnson), 1823-1919.
It covers the city Worthington.
You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.
This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg.
The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 2012.0005.137b. The Worthington Memory identification code is whs1009.
This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on February 22, 2022. It was last updated February 25, 2022.