Jefferson family receipt and letter, ca. 1817.

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Jefferson family receipt and letter, ca. 1817.

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Elizabeth House Trists writes to her niece Mary Gilmer enclosing a receipt for acid stomach, and sending the latest news of her grandsons Nicholas and Browse, her distress at her impecunious situation, and her gratitude for the hospitality of the Jefferson family. She mentions the recent deaths of Dr. Ragland and Mrs. Southall and sends her regards to family, friends and servants in Bedford County. The letter is accompanied by a signed note of Martha Jefferson Randolph giving direrctions for preparing the charcoal remedy and noting its efficacy for sick headache, acidity of the stomach, dyspepsia and billious[ness].

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Gilmer, Mary, fl. 1817,

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Trist, Elizabeth House, -1828

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Trist, Hore Browse, 1802-1856

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Randolph, Martha Jefferson, 1772-1836

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Daughter of Thomas Jefferson. From the description of Letters to Virginia Jefferson Randolph Trist [manuscript], 1833 October 10 and 23. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647844212 ...

Trist, Nicholas Philip, 1800-1874

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U. S. diplomat; grandson-in-law of Thomas Jeferson. From the description of N. P. Trist letter to Henry Carey [manuscript] 1869 Apr. 2. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647946227 Nicholas Philip Trist attended West Point; was a Louisiana planter, 1821-1824; U.S. State Department clerk, 1828-1834; consul to Havana, Cuba, 1834-1840; State Department chief clerk, 1845-1847; and chief negotiator of the treaty ending the Mexican War, 1847. He was also a lawyer and pa...