Letters and engravings, 1779-1828.

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Letters and engravings, 1779-1828.

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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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Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794

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Napoléon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

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Ticknor, George, 1791-1871

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George Ticknor (1791-1871), educator and author, served as the first Smith Professor of the French and Spanish Languages and Literatures at Harvard from 1817 to 1835. After his arrival at Harvard, Ticknor became disenchanted with the school curriculum, characterizing the College as a well-disciplined high school, and began an effort to reorganize the College around four main goals: the division of students in courses according to academic proficiency and merit; the division of the ...

Randolph, John, 1773-1833

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Randolph served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1799-1813, 1815-1817, 1819-1825, 1827-1829), the U.S. Senate (1825-1827), the Virginia Constitutional Convention (1829-1830), and as Minister to Russia (1830-1831). From the description of Letter of introduction, 10 July 1813. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235133950 U. S. Congressman from Virginia. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Liverpool, England, to Jacob Harvey, Cork Irela...

United States. Continental Army

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...

Prioleau, Harriet Horry Frost,

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Collector of Charleston, S.C. From the description of Letters and engravings, 1779-1828. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 34931269 ...

Terrell, Dabney Carr.

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Welch, Thomas B., 1814-1874

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Bryan, Thomas M. F.,

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Monroe, James, 1758-1831

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Marshall, John, 1755-1835

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Durand, A. B. (Asher Brown), 1796-1886

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Painter; Albany, N.Y. From the description of Asher Brown Durand papers, 1812-1883. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122291554 Springfield Township, NJ 1796-1886 Maplewood, NJ. From the description of Portrait of Edward Sturges (1837-1901) and Amelia Sturges (1835-1862) as Children [painting]. [18--] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270906567 Painter; Albany, N.Y. Trustee of the National Academy of Design. From the description of Letters to Asher...

Jackson, Henry, 1778-1840

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Physician and college teacher. From the description of Journal, 1801-1833. (Atlanta History Center). WorldCat record id: 28419471 Dr. Henry Jackson was born at Moreton, Devonshire, England in 1778, the younger brother of Governor James Jackson of Georgia. He came to Savannah at the age of 12 and graduated from the Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1802. He was professor of mathematics at the University of Georgia from 1811-1813 and 1818-1828. Jackson was the Secretary of th...

Randolph, John, 1773-1833

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Randolph served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1799-1813, 1815-1817, 1819-1825, 1827-1829), the U.S. Senate (1825-1827), the Virginia Constitutional Convention (1829-1830), and as Minister to Russia (1830-1831). From the description of Letter of introduction, 10 July 1813. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235133950 U. S. Congressman from Virginia. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Liverpool, England, to Jacob Harvey, Cork Irela...

Forrest, J. B. (John B.), approximately 1814-1870

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Trist, Elizabeth House, -1828

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Hopkins, John, 1927-2013

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Woodford, William, 1734-1780

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William Woodford was born 6 October 1734 in Caroline County, Virginia, to William Woodford (d. 1755) and Anne Cocke Woodford (b. 1704). He was commissioned an officer in the provincial forces during the French and Indian War. When the American Revolution began, Woodford was appointed colonel of the 2nd Virginia Regiment 5 August 1775. On 25 October 1775, his forces repulsed a British attempt to burn the town of Hampton, Virginia. On 9 December 1775, Woodford and his troops defeated a force of Br...