Prioleau, Harriet Horry Frost,. Letters and engravings, 1779-1828.
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Letters and engravings, 1779-1828.
Collection includes a letter, 14 November 1779, from John Marshall, York, Pa., to William Woodford, regarding a memorial for the relief of officers in the Continental Army, and the government in Virginia; and a letter, 23 September 1791, from Richard Henry Lee, Chantilly, Va., to John Hopkins, Richmond, Va., regarding the sale of military certificates. Also a letter, 1 June 1815, from Thomas Jefferson, Poplar Forest, Va., to Elizabeth House Trist, Henry County, Va., regarding the Battle of New Orleans, Napoleon, and United States' relations with France and England; and a letter, 12 October 1815, from James Monroe, Washington, D.C., to Henry Jackson, Paris, France, presenting John R. Fenwick. Also a letter, 31 January 1816, from Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, Va., to Henry Jackson, Paris, France, conveying a letter to George Ticknor and presenting Jefferson's grand-nephew, Dabney Carr Terrell. Also a lease, 27 August 1827, for 222 acres of land belonging to John Marshall; a letter, 6 December 1828, from John Randolph, Washington, D.C., to Thomas M.F. Bryan, Savannah, Ga., in which Randolph reproaches Bryan for not calling on him during his illness; and engravings, n.d., of Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and John Randolph, by J.B. Forrest, Asher Brown Durand, and Thomas B. Welch, respectively.
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