Duppa letter

Here is another letter from Betty's collection. This one is easier to read. It is from Susan Duppa to her sister. I would take Susan to be about 12. The letter, which is nearly 200 years old, reads like a parody of Jane Austin. One can imagine one of the governesses looking over her shoulder, particularly on the first page where the handwriting is impeccable. It is an amazing document and well worth your time to look at it.

After Charlotte Stephens died our Granny May was brought up by Aunt Kate and Uncle Tom. Kate Duppa Crotch and Tom Nicchols were actually cousins and I believe Charlotte Dix's mother was a Duppa or a Crotch, anyway Kate and Charlotte were cousins. I also believe that Kate and Tom had the same names as two cousins who had married each other a couple of generations before.