MARGARET CLARK GRIFFIS (1838-1913) CORRESPONDENCE,, [1858]-1874

Summary: The letters to family members describe MCG's activities and observations as a governess to families in Tennessee and later in Virginia before the outbreak of the Civil War. Returning to the Griffis family homes in Philadelphia and Camden, New Jersey, MCG writes of family news. Her life in Japan, as well as her ailing health, is described in her letters home between 1872 and 1874.