Mrs. Arthur Nelson lived in Ellington, a town formed around sawmills in Chautauqua County of southwest New York. (The town’s population in 1850 was greater
Miss Celesly Webb (Sally) lived in Baltimore, Maryland. (The name may be an erroneous spelling of “Cecily”.) Soon after the arrival of the New Year
Miss Mary Bickford lived in Brooks, a town in south central Maine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks,_Maine Mary had celebrated a birthday, but had not received a greeting from
Mrs. Melissa Shelly lived in Davenport, a hamlet in central New York State. (Davenport is east of Otego and Oneonto which were noted in earlier