Thompson, Mary, Norfolk, Virginia to Mrs. Frances M. Lewis and Mrs. Mary Neale, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1833-1834 April 24
Scope and Contents
Concerning Mary Thompson's confinement; appreciation for (Christmas?) gifts; Norfolk Christmas activities; visitor from Glasgow; the purchase of new china; details of dinner party and vigorous discussion of Jacksonian politics; expensive wedding of Miss Chevallie; serious accidents on the William Penn and in a local warehouse; banking procedures; death of George Byrd blamed on intemperance; problems with the honoring of various bank notes; description of Tazewell Taylor as "the greatest patriot that ever breathed" church news; local elections; family and social news.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1833-1834 April 24
Creator
- From the Collection: Whittle, Conway, 1800-1881 (Person)
- From the Collection: Ingersoll, Charles Jared, 1782-1862 (Person)
- From the Collection: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 (Person)
- From the Collection: Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 (Person)
- From the Collection: Lewis, Frances Munford Whittle, d. 1870 (Person)
- From the Collection: Madison, Dolley P., 1768-1849 (Person)
- From the Collection: Madison, James, Jr., 1751-1836 (Person)
- From the Collection: Mercer, Margaret, 1791-1846 (Person)
- From the Collection: Monroe, James, 1758-1831 (Person)
- From the Collection: Neale, Mary Eliza Whittle, d. 1861 (Person)
- From the Collection: Preble, Edward, 1761-1807 (Person)
- From the Collection: Randolph, John, 1773-1833 (Person)
- From the Collection: Tyler, John, Jr., 1819-1896 (Person)
- From the Collection: Whittle, Fortescue, 1776-1858 (Person)
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Extent
From the Collection: 7.75 Linear Feet
Language
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository