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Papers, 1780-1832.

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Correspondence from Elizabeth Jaquelin Ambler Brent Carrington (1765-1847) includes letters to her friends, Mildred Smith Dudley of Yorktown, Virginia, and Frances Caines of Bristol, England. These letters, Elizabeth's own copies of the originals, describe her family's difficulties during the American Revolution, the death of her first husband and the unfortunate life of a friend. Later letters to her sister, Ann Ambler Fisher, concern family history, Yorktown before the Revolution, flight from the British, the effects of the Revolutionary War, and her brother-in-law, Chief Justice John Marshall. Also includes a letter from John A. B. Fisher concerning his plans to enter the ministry.

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Fisher, John A. B.

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Dudley, Mildred Smith.

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Marshall, John, 1755-1835

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John Marshall (1755-1835) was born near Germantown, Prince William (currently Fauquier) County, Virginia on 24 September 1755 to parents Thomas Marshall and Mary Randolph Keith. From 1775-1781, Marshall served in the Continental Army and fought in the Revolutionary War. During the spring and summer of 1780, Marshall attended classes at the College of William and Mary and received his license to practice law. After the war, he moved to Richmond, Virginia and began his practice. Marshall married M...

Ambler family.

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Carrington, Elizabeth Jaquelin Ambler Brent, 1765-1847

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Daughter of Jaquelin and Rebecca Burwell Ambler. From the description of Papers, 1780-1832. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 24772060 Elizabeth Jacquelin Ambler Brent Carrington (1765-1847)was the eldest daughter of Jacquelin and Rebecca Burwell Ambler. From the guide to the Elizabeth Jacquelin Ambler Papers, 1780-1832., (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) Born Elizabeth Jaquelin Ambler; married fir...

Caines, Frances.

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Fisher, Ann Ambler.

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