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Philip Ludwell Lee to Edwin Teagle, 1834 April 3

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5, Item: 3

Scope and Contents

A letter, dated April 3, 1834, from Philip Ludwell Lee in Williamsburg, Virginia to his cousin Edwin A. Teagle in New York, New York. Lee expresses amazement that Edwin was in Baltimore but now in New York “with only a few dollars in your pocket. So the whole matter is a riddle to me.” Lee gives news of girls who are married and not and says of the girl he is seeing: “I am paying my addresses to Miss Mary Waller.” He adds postscript about a “very large and beautiful organ in the Episcopal Church.”

Dates

  • Creation: 1834 April 3

Creator

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Extent

From the Collection: 1.25 Linear Feet

Language

From the Sub-Series: English