{"value"=>"<p>Ford's family correspondence consists of both drafts of letters sent and received responses. They include numerous letters from Ford's father, William Chauncey Fowler, some from her brother William, and a few from her brother Charles; there are also several letters from her mother, Mary C. Fowler and letters that Ford wrote to her grandparents as a child. Letters from Gordon Ford are throughout the collection along with letters from all of the Ford children, and several of the grandchildren. The earlier letters from the Ford children include ones written while separated on trips detailing daily activities and instructions on behavior. An 1883 letter from her daughter Mabel Percy (Ford) Mayo-Smith describes her excitement at becoming engaged. Other family correspondence includes letters from relatives such as E.E. Goodrich, Chauncey Goodrich, Eliza Ann Fowler, William Webster, Catharine Hand, and letters from Ford's nieces and nephews. The topics of the correspondence mainly include visits and news of family members, along with many condolence letters upon Gordon Ford's death.</p>"}