Library of Congress Buys Rare Martha Washington Letter
In the app: the whole story at your level, listening, the quiz and the word cards.
The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
The Library of Congress has a Manuscript Division.
- A2
The Library of Congress Manuscript Division bought a rare letter.
- B1
The Library of Congress Manuscript Division has bought a rare letter by Martha Washington.
- B2
The Library of Congress Manuscript Division has acquired a rare letter by Martha Washington.
- C1
The Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress has acquired a rare letter written by Martha Washington on 29 September 1760 to her friend Margaret Green.
- C2
The Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress has acquired a rare letter penned by Martha Washington on 29 September 1760 to her friend Margaret Green.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- handwriting
- writing done with a pen or pencil by a person, not typed or printed
- draft
- a first piece of writing that will probably be changed before it is finished
- suffer
- to experience physical or mental pain, or to have an illness
- treatment
- something that a doctor does or gives to help a sick or hurt person get better
- bark
- the hard outer covering of a tree
- permanent
- lasting for a very long time or forever
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by Library of Congress: Unfolding History (manuscripts). Read the original for the full report.