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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 Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Genealogy of the Balch Families in America
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Galusha Burchard Balch
Publisher Name: 
E. Putnam
Year: 
1897
Start Page: 
491
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Genealogy of Balch Families in America
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Galusha Burchard Balch
Citation 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
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Genealogy of Balch Family in America
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Galusha Burchard Balch
Citation 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