Letters of the Lewis family [manuscript], 1789-1795.

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Letters of the Lewis family [manuscript], 1789-1795.

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A payroll, 1775, for soldiers under the command of Capt. George Lewis, has an unsigned draft letter, n.d., on verso, regarding desertions in the British army, the arrival of reinforcements, and a blockade on the Schuylkill River. A letter, 1 July 1789, from James Maury, tobacco merchant and U.S. foreign minister in Liverpool, Eng., to Betty Washington Lewis, Fredericksburg, Va., regards the shipment of tobacco and the tobacco market. A letter, 26 September 1795, from George Washington, Mount Vernon, Va., to his brother-in-law, Major George Lewis, regards a visit by Lewis and a land sale involving Henry Lee and Alexander Spotswood. A letter, 25 October 1825, from Jefferson, Monticello, Va., to George Washington Lewis, a student at the University of Virginia, regards the selection of readings for courses in ancient and modern history, David Hume, and the history of England.

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