Papers of the Tayloe family [manuscript], 1756-1893.

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Papers of the Tayloe family [manuscript], 1756-1893.

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The collection contains the family and business correspondence of the Tayloe family, particularly John Tayloe, Benjamin Ogle Tayloe, William Henry Tayloe, Edward T. Tayloe and Henry Tayloe. Much of the correspondence concerns family plantations in Virginia, Maryland and Alabama. Topics include plantation management; cotton cultivation in Alabama and transactions with cotton brokers in New Orleans and Mobile; the Civil War and difficulties of running a plantation under wartime conditions; transportation of slaves from Virginia to Alabama, slave sales and runaways; the Octagon House, Washington, D.C.; horse racing and breeding; and family finances and legal affairs. Of interest is a letter from Edward Tayloe to Benjamin O. Tayloe, 1824 September 19, describing a visit to Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. Business papers, 1795-1820, concern real estate transactions in Georgetown and Washington, D.C. In addition there are letterbooks and a diary of Mrs. Ogle Tayloe. Of interest are letters from Edward Thornton Tayloe in Mexico and Bogotà discussing the countries, their government, people, religion, and mining operations and mentioning Joel Poinsett, David Porter, Simón Bolivár, Vicente Guerrero, William Henry Harrison, José María Córdova, and James Henderson.

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