Papers of William C. Somerville, 1826-1933.

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Papers of William C. Somerville, 1826-1933.

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Transcripts of two letters (1826 Jan. 20 and 1827 ?) written by the marquis de Lafayette to Henry Vernon Somerville concerning the death of Somerville's brother, William C. Somerville, while on a diplomatic mission to France, and the arrangements for his burial at Lafayette's estate, Château de la Grange; transcripts of excerpts from three letters (1896-1897) from the comte de Lasteyrie, to Charles B. Tiernan relating to the placement of Somerville's remains and tombstone; transcription, in French with English translation, of Somerville's epitaph; Elizabeth Lambert Hebb's research notes on and poem in memory of Somerville; and French tourist brochure on Château de la Grange.

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