Letter to Mary Johnson of Worthington, Ohio from Ellen Smith of Delaware, Ohio

Basic details

Letter to Mary Johnson of Worthington, Ohio from Ellen Smith of Delaware, Ohio is a manuscript, with genre letter and correspondence.

The language is English.

Its dimensions are 8 in. x 11 in..

It is 2 pages long.

It was created May 2, 1845.

Worthington Historical Society is the contributor.

Mary Sessions and Ellen Smith are the correspondents.

You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.

Background

This letter was written to Mary Johnson of Worthington, Ohio from Ellen Smith of Delaware, Ohio. In the letter, Smith describes in great detail a dress that she is having made for an event that she and Johnson are "officiating." She hopes that her style choice matches with the dress that Johnson is having made for the occasion. She also insists that Johnson stay with her while in Delaware.

Mary was daughter of one of Worthington's founders, Orange Johnson and wife Achsa (Maynard) Johnson. She married Francis Sessions on August 18, 1847.

Nothing more is known of Ellen Smith.

Subjects

It features the people Mary Sessions and Ellen Smith.

It covers the topics Orange Johnson House, Worthington history and history.

It covers the city Worthington.

Record details

This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg2000.

The Worthington Memory identification code is whs1035_001.

The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 2012.0005.63.

This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on November 22, 2017. It was last updated November 4, 2025.

Copyright

No Copyright - United States

Letter to Mary Johnson of Worthington, Ohio from Ellen Smith of Delaware, Ohio 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 Letter to Mary Johnson of Worthington, Ohio from Ellen Smith of Delaware, Ohio. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.