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Elizabeth Balch
Birth: 4-20-1845
Death: 5-25-1890
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Elizabeth Balch was the daughter of Rev. Lewis P. Balch, a clergyman who spent part of his career in Baltimore. Either Elizabeth or her sister Augusta were close friends with Nina Napier, whose husband Francis was the British Minister to the US.
From the book Genealogy of the Balch Families in America, "The greater part of her life was spent abroad, where she enjoyed unusual social privileges, obtaining entree, among others to the Court of Madrid. Besides numerous magazine articles, she wrote a number of acceptable books, among them 'Zoreh,' 'Mustard Leaves,' 'Old English Homes,' and 'An Author's Love.' "
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Biography: Elizabeth Balch was the daughter of Rev. Lewis P. Balch, a clergyman who spent part of his career in Baltimore. Either Elizabeth or her sister Augusta were close friends with Nina Napier, whose husband Francis was the British Minister to the US.
From the book Genealogy of the Balch Families in America, "The greater part of her life was spent abroad, where she enjoyed unusual social privileges, obtaining entree, among others to the Court of Madrid. Besides numerous magazine articles, she wrote a number of acceptable books, among them 'Zoreh,' 'Mustard Leaves,' 'Old English Homes,' and 'An Author's Love.' "
Citation Type: Book or Book ChapterBook or Monograph Title: Genealogy of the Balch Families in AmericaPublisher Name: E. PutnamYear: 1897Start Page: 491
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Citation Type: Book or Book ChapterBook or Monograph Title: Genealogy of Balch Families in AmericaCitation Notes: http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=Z7YwAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22genealogy+of+the+balch+families+in+America%22&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=IdsfeW04i2&sig=cb7ljxWuRVCtJlkHt5EFqsJpmBE&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#v=snippet&q=Witherspoon&f=false
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Citation Type: Book or Book ChapterBook or Monograph Title: Genealogy of Balch Family in AmericaCitation Notes: http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=Z7YwAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22genealogy+of+the+balch+families+in+America%22&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=IdsfeW04i2&sig=cb7ljxWuRVCtJlkHt5EFqsJpmBE&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#v=snippet&q=Witherspoon&f=false
Biography
Elizabeth Balch was the daughter of Rev. Lewis P. Balch, a clergyman who spent part of his career in Baltimore. Either Elizabeth or her sister Augusta were close friends with Nina Napier, whose husband Francis was the British Minister to the US.
From the book Genealogy of the Balch Families in America, "The greater part of her life was spent abroad, where she enjoyed unusual social privileges, obtaining entree, among others to the Court of Madrid. Besides numerous magazine articles, she wrote a number of acceptable books, among them 'Zoreh,' 'Mustard Leaves,' 'Old English Homes,' and 'An Author's Love.' "
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Elizabeth Balch was the daughter of Rev. Lewis P. Balch, a clergyman who spent part of his career in Baltimore. Either Elizabeth or her sister Augusta were close friends with Nina Napier, whose husband Francis was the British Minister to the US.
From the book Genealogy of the Balch Families in America, "The greater part of her life was spent abroad, where she enjoyed unusual social privileges, obtaining entree, among others to the Court of Madrid. Besides numerous magazine articles, she wrote a number of acceptable books, among them 'Zoreh,' 'Mustard Leaves,' 'Old English Homes,' and 'An Author's Love.' "