Papers of James Westhall Ford, 1804-1874.

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Papers of James Westhall Ford, 1804-1874.

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Include financial documents unrelated to his profession as portrait artist, 1804-1870, and business letters, 1842-1858, from E. Newland and Company regarding art supplies; and legal documents, 1820-1825 and 1840-1851, with marriage certificate, 1825. Also include letters, 1823-1874, to James Westhall Ford and Ann Binney Ford, including letters of introduction: 24 February 1823, from Philip Pendleton Barbour; 30 September 1823, from Thomas Jefferson; 1 August 1825, from James Monroe to Robert Young Hayne and James Hamilton; 26 March 1832, from James McDowell to Thomas Hart Benton; 19 March 1836, from Andrew Beirne to Andrew Jackson. Also include a letter, 11 January 1836, from R.R. Robinson, Vicksburg, Miss., to James Westhall Ford, with observations on land speculation in Texas and Arkansas and prospects for trade on the Mississippi River. Also include letters, 1839-1848, from Josiah and Margaret Mills of Norfolk, Va., pertaining to family matters; letters, 13 January 1840 and 28 July 1840, mention Josiah's efforts to sell his "negro Woman Delphia." Also include letters to Ford from J.L. Cabell, 27 November 1840, and W.H. Woodley, 25 January 1841, referring to portraits of University of Virginia faculty; letter, March 1842, from Robert B. Bolling, Petersburg, Va., requesting portrait of a deceased infant; letter, 23 May 1846, Alexander Bryant, Mantua, referring to Mexican War, James K. Polk, and the Loco-Foco Party. Also include letters, 25 December 1848 and 23 January 1849, from James Westhall Ford to his wife Ann; letter, 17 May 1866, from Maria Clopton to Ann Ford, with brief eye-witness account of the burning of Richmond. Also include notes from Thomas Jefferson regarding a portrait of his daughter Martha, and a note from Joseph Carrington Cabell about a sitting. Also include commonplace book with entries for poetry, paintings, recipes, doodles, and sketches; leather wallet, 1830; scrapbook material with newspaper clippings, two small notebooks, poetry, prayers, inspirational quotations, and a sketch.

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