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Also Known As Caroline Howard • Clarissa Packard
Born October 8, 1794 • Boston • Massachusetts
Died September 15, 1888 (aged 93) • Washington, D.C. • United States
Notable Works “Recollections of a Houskeeper” • “Recollections of a Southern Matron”
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