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Writing Type: Letter

Abstract

Letter to her son, José María León, regarding the illnesses suffered by him and his wife. She tells them they have nothing serious, the Montts are a strong family, and that weakness of the heart comes through the Leóns. His uncles died from cancer.

Keywords: Montt family, health

Archive: University Library, Cambridge

Location Details: Reproduced in Sergio Vergara Quiroz, Cartas de mujeres en Chile, 1630-1885, Editorial Andrés Bello, Santiago de Chile, 1987, p.173. Also reproduced in Raúl Silva Castro, Cartas chilenas (siglos XVIII y XIX), Imprenta Universitaria, Valenzuela Basterrico y Cía, Santiago de Chile, 1954, pp.48-49.