Box 6
Contains 113 Results:
John Thompson, Culpeper Court House to his uncle, Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1821 November 13
Scope and Contents Refers to loss of goods and wreckage of ship; assures the loss wasn't great and of the security of the debt with them.
William Douglass to Francis Jerdone, Pottiesville, Louisa County, Virginia, 1821 November 15
Scope and Contents Reports on crops and prices received; reports on hogs and number lost by others due to eating mushrooms; slaves need shoes.
James Madison to Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1821 November 18
Scope and Contents Discusses the assistance of John Lipscomb and Mr. Tyler in the settlement.
Robert B. Honyman to Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1821 December 4
Scope and Contents Requests a small amount of money for a short trip he is taking.
Isabella Jerdone Mitchell to her brother, Francis Jerdone, 1822 February 4
Scope and Contents Reports on problem with neighbor about property line; refers to health; hired out slaves; better then working for villainous overseers; and other family news.
Isabella Mitchell to her brother, Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1822 November 1
Scope and Contents Discusses health; discusses Doctor'strip to New York and his sale of his Alabama property to Colonel Jones; reports on potato crop and thanks him for offer of apples.
Isabella Jerdone Mitchell to her brother, Francis Jerdone, 1822 November 24
Scope and Contents Reports on business, crops, and prices; reports on family movements and health.
William Douglass, Providence Forge, Virginia to Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1822 December 17
Scope and Contents Has sent 41 hogs; apologizes for not having sent money for the corn sale but has lost pocketbook with money and accounts in it; promises to pay money in bank when family is well enough for him to go to Richmond.
Isabella Mitchell to her brother, Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1823 March 22
Scope and Contents Discusses health; refers to prices of food and scarcity of provisions; refers to problems with the executors of Wm. Mitchell'swill; "in the meantime the Negroes were going about working for those that would give them food"; relates letter received from Doctorreporting daughter's death; refers to their leaving Va.; refers to news of Frank and John Jerdone and George Mitchell.
James Innes, Richmond, Virginia to Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1823 May 28
Scope and Contents Reports sending payment for interest on bond; refers to ill-development of crops; refers to war between France and Spain; other family news.
Isabella Mitchell to Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1823 July 25
Scope and Contents Discusses health; reports on receiving letter from the Doctorsaying he had sold his estate and referring to death of child; discusses crops.
John Lewis, Richmond, Virginia to Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1823 November 26
Scope and Contents Reports has purchased all the interest of the Forge estate; made careful inspection of all court records.
William Douglass, "Providence Forge," New Kent County, Va., to Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Va., 1823 December 16
Scope and Contents Reports on crops and hogs; refers to division of property; hopes to stay in house another year.