Some quick research is uncovering a family relationship between the Marshalls, Learneds and Reeds
The sisters Mary Walcott Reed and Lydia Walcott Reed and their children kept in touch as they moved from Boston. In the oldest letter dated January 29, 1838, Mary Hamilin Learned describes her twenty five day sea voyage from Boston to New Orleans in a letter to her Aunt Lydia Walcott Reed.
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