Letters to Socrates Maupin and others [manuscript], 1783-1866.

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Letters to Socrates Maupin and others [manuscript], 1783-1866.

Include a letter, 1834 May 23, Henry A. Wise, Washington, D.C., to Messrs. Wellford, Coulter, Lomax and Carmichael, Fredericksburg, Va., declining an invitation to attend a festival on Brown's Island and saying he condemns the "late executive proceedings and protest of the president" and rejoices "in the late manifestation of correct political sentiment in that Good Old Commonwealth which is never wrong." Also include a letter, 1824 March 20, Richard Rush, London, to James Monroe regarding a copy of a treaty he has sent to the Secretary of State;and a letter, 1783 April 29, Arthur Lee to Henry Tazewell discussing business matters. In a series of letters, 1855-1865, to Socrates Maupin, Edward Everett accepts an invitation to give an address on Washington, John Letcher declines an invitation, John R. Breckenridge asks for a U.Va. catalog, John B. Floyd writes concerning a state scholarship for a U.Va. student, John R. Edmunds writes a letter of recommendation, Duff Green inquires about his grandson, Benjamin G. Maynard, attending U.Va., and George Alfred Townsend encloses a letter about U.Va.

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