Correspondence of Thomas Jefferson with the Eppes family [manuscript], 1790-1820, 1864, n.n.

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Correspondence of Thomas Jefferson with the Eppes family [manuscript], 1790-1820, 1864, n.n.

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The collection contains letters 1790 December 7 and 1791 March 9, Jefferson to Maria Jefferson; letters 1803 February 21, 1808 June 4, 1814 September 9, 1817 June 6, and 1818 May 3, Jefferson to John Wayles Eppes; a letter 1820 June 12, Eppes to Jefferson; a letter 1864 July 20, Francis Eppes to Maria Jefferson Eppes Shine; and Eppes and Edgehill Randolph family tree, n. d.; and the name plate and title page of Maria Jefferson Eppes' book "Poems by Mr. Gray." Jefferson requests Maria to compare the climates of Philadelphia and Monticello by listing the appearance of animals and vegetables at each and discusses family matters. Jefferson's correspondence with Eppes discusses family matters particularly the education of his grandson Francis. He mentions his debts, his dislike of borrowing from Federalist banks, and Eppes' use of Jefferson's slaves.

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Eppes, Francis

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Francis Eppes was the grandson of Thomas Jefferson and a long-time resident of Tallahassee, FL; he came to Florida in the 1820's and served as mayor of the city and head of the Seminary West of the Suwannee, which eventually became Florida State College for Women and later Florida State University. From the description of Francis Eppes Letter, 1838. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 40098509 ...

Shine, Maria Jefferson Eppes, 1840-1897,

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Eppes, Maria, 1778-1804

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Eppes, John Wayles, 1773-1823

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U.S. senator and representative of Virginia. From the description of John Wayles Eppes correspondence, 1813-1818. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009909 Member, Virginia House of Delegates, 1801-1803, U.S. House of Delegates, 1803-1811, 1813-1817, and U.S. Senate, 1817-1819; nephew and son-in-law of Thomas Jefferson; from Buckingham Co., Va. From the description of Papers, 1807-1819. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19406188 ...

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...