Hi there, I'm not an Elliot, but came across a reference I thought might help someone, if you would be so kind as to pass it on to the Elliot list. See: Saum, Lewis. The Popular Mood of Pre-Civil War America. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1980. for a discussion of Augusta Elliot, nee Hallock. Her pre-Civil War love letters to and extensive correspondence with her first beau are discussed at length. all the best, Jennifer