Letter to Nicholas P. Trist, 1829 June 17.

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Letter to Nicholas P. Trist, 1829 June 17.

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Negative photocopy of June 17, 1829, letter from JAG Davis to "Dear Trist" which discusses various business deals including sales of printing presses and books; a list of printing equipment is at the end of the letter; writes "If I get the Marshalship, though I would be glad to remain here till the 1st of Aug[ust] to finish the Jefferson works yet, if it were necessary for me to go to Washington sooner, I would do it;" Includes two typed transcripts of letter, one with notated corrections.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Davis, John A. G. (John Anthony Gardner), 1801-1840

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American jurist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Charlottesville, to Thomas Jefferson, 1825 May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270517658 Jurist, professor of law and chairman of the faculty at the University of Virginia. From the description of Letter, 1837 July 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86164563 John A.G. Davis, b. Middlesex County, Va., killed November 14, 1840, by student he was trying to arrest; professor o...

Trist, Nicholas Philip, 1800-1874

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