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Washington Allston letter fragment

Title: Washington Allston letter fragment

Fragment of a letter from Allston to his brother, William.

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Kinloch, Francis, 1755-1826. Francis Kinloch papers, 1787-1819.

Title: Francis Kinloch papers, 1787-1819.

Consisting chiefly of bound volume of letters, 1803-1804, handwritten by Francis Kinloch from France and Switzerland, to daughter Elizabeth Kinloch Nelson. Includes annotations, 1807, added in a later hand, apparently made when manuscripts were edited for serial publication, 1808-1810, in Philadelphia publication Port Folio. Kinloch's letters include travel accounts and impressions of architectural and natural wonders of Paris, Geneva, the Italian Alps, and other areas; commentary on political developments in Europe and the United States, Napoleon, Thomas Jefferson and others statesmen of the era; and social and cultural comparisons between the United States and Europe. Collection also includes two volumes, 1819, of the published version of this correspondence, with handwritten annotations and corrections tipped into the book; volume 2 with Eulogy on the late George Washington, Esq., deceased, 1800. Unbound correspondence, 1787-1804, dicusses Kinloch's dues to the St. Cecelia Society, medical treatments for his wife, and difficulty in paying bills. Includes unsigned letter, 15 Nov. 1804, Geneva, to Dr. [Levi] Myers, Georgetown, S.C., re a treatment for yellow fever, condition of the slaves at Kensington, S.C., commentary on European affairs and the coronation of Napoleon, the possibility of war between France, England, and Russia, public opinion in South Carolina in reaction to European political developments, and discussion of "Piedmontese" rice cultivation. Other unbound items include undated legal document re disputed land due to surveyor's error, F[rancis] and C[leland] Kinloch vs. lessee of W[illia]m and T. Allston.

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