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Box 7

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Thompson, Mary, Bedford Springs, Norfolk and Elizabeth City, to Mrs. Francis M. Lewis, Norfolk, Virginia, and Belfast, Ireland, 1827 August 23-1830 May 25

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 31
Identifier: id112212
Scope and Contents Concerning the benefits of the spring waters; "sub-rosa" gambling at the springs; descriptions of other visitors to Bedford; going-away gifts (braclets); reflection on General Scott's "turbulence" over the appointment of General McComb; possibility of Presidential intervention in the dispute; visit of Mary Thompson's mother and sisters; finishing of the church in Norfolk and consecration in November 1828; elopement of Henry Granberry and Prudence Nimmo; presidential election of Jackson;...
Dates: 1827 August 23-1830 May 25