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Lady Washington Tea
Inscribed on the back:
“Willie R. Witherle (age 11) - Dec. 1880 as George Washington at a Lady Washington tea party composed of children.”
Photo by A. A. Robinson, Castine, ME.
Abigail Hawes, living on the corner of Pleasant and Court Streets with her sister Sarah, apparently helped with this occasion for she writes in her 1880 diary: Monday, Nov. 16 - I lend Table - Chair - Coat of Arms & buckles to Mrs. Cate.; Wednesday, Dec. 1 - . . . I gave Brass Buttons to Mrs. Hooper for Children’s Costume.; Thursday, Dec. 2 - Mrs. Cate borrows old buckles for a Washington costume. 12 children represent the Republican Court.
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William Russell Witherle was born in Castine, August 15, 1869. He was the son of William H. and Sarah Adams Witherle. He died in 1897, leaving his father, mother, two sisters — Mrs. Frank (Lucy) Lawrence of Portland and Miss Anna Witherle of Castine, and brother — Dr. Charles Witherle of Castine. President Dole of the Hawaiian Republic was an uncle.
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