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The Letters

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In 1845, at the age of 27, Leah and several friends traveled to Saratoga Springs where they spent several months drinking the waters and “getting the cure.” This is the first correspondence found between Leah and her brother's wife, Maria Lefevre Deyo.

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A later picture of Maria Lefevre Deyo taken with her granddaughter circa 1900.

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