News from Home 4

Letter from Elizabeth Maria Tinker Sibley to Emily Sibley Watson, January 29, 1893

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Elizabeth Sibley shares the news from home, including anticipated Nile trips by friends in their circle, and announces that "the whole country is in mourning over the death of [Episcopal] Bishop Brooks," who today is most known for writing the lyrics to the Christmas carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem." Click on the letter to view transcription.