Letters : to Dabney Carr, 1818-1824.

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Letters : to Dabney Carr, 1818-1824.

Contains letters to Dabney Carr, a judge who served on the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. These letters were written while Carr was Chancellor of the Winchester District in Virginia. Topics covered include Gilmer's personal and family matters, business affairs, health, trip to England to recruit faculty for the University of Virginia, local and state political issues, and national political issues, including the Missouri Compromise and anti-dueling legislation. Individuals mentioned include John Quincy Adams, the Abbe Correa de Serra, Henry Clay, Stephen Decatur, Peachy Gilmer, James Monroe, John Randolph, Thomas Jefferson, William Wirt, William Pinkney, Spencer Roane, Henry St. George Tucker, Julia Wickham, Creed Taylor, William Fleming, and Elizabeth Coalter.

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Gilmer, Francis Walker, 1790-1826

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Decatur, Stephen, 1779-1820

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Carr, Dabney, 1773-1837

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