Letter to Charles C. Welford, 1831 May 30

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Letter to Charles C. Welford, 1831 May 30

1831

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Letter from Jared Sparks, Boston, Massachusetts, to Charles C. Wellford, merchant of Fredericksburg, Virginia, May 30, 1831. In the letter, Sparks discusses the plans of Wellford and others of Fredericksburg to erect a monument at the gravesite of the mother of George Washington, Mary Ball Washington, and to establish a charitable fund with any surplus money raised for the project.

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Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866

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Jared Sparks (1789-1866) was the President of Harvard University from February 1, 1849 to February 10, 1853. He was also a Unitarian minister, editor, and historian. Jared Sparks was born to Joseph Sparks and Elinor (Orcut) Sparks on May 10, 1789 in Willington, Connecticut. Sparks was one of nine children and came from a family of modest means. When he turned six years old, Sparks went to live with an aunt and uncle in Camden, New York, to help relieve the family of a mout...

Washington, Mary Ball, 1708-1789

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Mary Washington (née Ball; born sometime between 1707 and 1709 – August 25, 1789), was the second wife of Augustine Washington, a planter in Virginia, and the mother of George Washington, the first President of the United States, and five other children. Washington lived a large part of her life in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where many monuments were erected in her honor and a university plus other public buildings bear her name....

Wellford, Charles C. (Charles Carter), 1802-1870

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