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John Marshall, Washington, D.C., to Mary Willis (Ambler) "Polly" Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, 1831 January 30

 Item — Box 4: Series id159295, Folder: 3
Identifier: id165231
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Heard from Colonel Lambert that she was in her usual health; discusses the latest snowfall; dined with the minister of France and his wife, neither of whom could speak English; dined with Secretary of State Martin van Buren yesterday; saw Mr. Robinson yesterday who gave news of John Marshall's sister Elizabeth Colston and her family.

Dates: 1831 January 30

John Marshall, Washington, D.C., to Mary Willis (Ambler) "Polly" Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, 1831 February 7

 Item — Box 4: Series id159295, Folder: 3
Identifier: id165232
Scope and Contents Enjoyed calling on Mrs. Sedgwick, author of "Hope Leslie" today; the snow and ice has interrupted regular mail delivery from Richmond; they have lost their Marshal Ringold, whose being ousted from office will distress his family. On verso, John Marshall to Edward Carrington Marshall. Asks him to find a valuable 1776 English pamphlet on the Declaration of Independence which Mr. Storrs lent John Marshall and which he misplaced. Original is located in the University of Virginia,...
Dates: 1831 February 7

John Marshall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Mary Willis (Ambler) "Polly" Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, 1831 October 6

 Item — Box 4: Series id159295, Folder: 3
Identifier: id165239
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Discusses his medical examination by Doctor Philip Syng Physick; will probably not see her again till he rides the circuit court 22 November; the gentlemen of the city, especially those of the bar, are painfully solicitous to show their respect; Mr. Peters and Dr. Gillespie press him to stay with them; gives directions for his crops to be tended to.

Dates: 1831 October 6

John Marshall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Mary Willis (Ambler) "Polly" Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, 1831 October 12

 Item — Box 4: Series id159295, Folder: 3
Identifier: id165240
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The rains of the last several days have prevented Dr. Philip Syng Physick from operating; discusses preparations for his medical treatment; missed Cary Ambler's visit because he was sitting for a portrait; Edward Ambler is in town; received a letter from brother Joseph Story; mentions his diet.

Dates: 1831 October 12

John Marshall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to James K. Marshall, Moreland, Fauquier County, Virginia, 1831 October 12

 Item — Box 4: Series id159295, Folder: 3
Identifier: id165242
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Mr. Giles will give news of his health; describes his ailment ("stones in the bladder") and the Doctor's examination; his operation by Doctor Philip Syng Physick has been delayed because of the weather; describes the Doctor and Marshall's accommodations; tell Major Ambler that his brothers Edward and Cary are in town. Original is privately owned.

Dates: 1831 October 12

John Marshall, Carrington, Fauquier County, Virginia, to Mary (Marshall) Harvie, Richmond, Virginia, 1832 April 22

 Item — Box 4: Series id159295, Folder: 4
Identifier: id165250
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Makes arrangements for the sale of Edward Carrington Marshall's bank shares; her brother Thomas Marshall fears that he will not win his election because he raised the clerk's fees.

Dates: 1832 April 22

John Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, to James Keith Marshall, "Moreland", Fauquier County, Virginia, 1832 September 15

 Item — Box 4: Series id159295, Folder: 4
Identifier: id165254
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Is having difficulties selling his stock for him; there is a severe outbreak of cholera in Richmond; discusses the disease; is relieved to hear that he is restored to health and that John Harvie is getting better; discusses the disabling of his horse. Original is privately owned.

Dates: 1832 September 15

Thomas Marshall, Oak Hill, Fauquier County, Virginia, to John Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, 1833 October 29

 Item — Box 4: Series id159295, Folder: 5
Identifier: id165266
Scope and Contents Discusses the addition James K. Marshall is making to the house at Leeds for his father John Marshall; mentions Jaquelin Marshall's experiences of housing slaves in basements at Prospect Hill; mentions the weather and growth of crops and the health of Thomas Marshall's daughter Mary; Aunt Elizabeth (Marshall) Colston is in poor health and will probably not visit Richmond this Winter; Thomas Marshall's son John's plans have changed and he has bought Mr. Smith's tract of land; tell Mr. Tiffin...
Dates: 1833 October 29

John Marshall, Alexandria, Virginia, to Mary Willis (Ambler) "Polly" Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, 1797 June 24

 Item — Box 1: Series id159295, Folder: 3
Identifier: id159445
Scope and Contents Tells of a day spent at Mount Vernon ("certainly one of the most delightful places in our country") on his way to Philadelphia via Alexandria; misses her so much as to send his man "Dick" to her with this letter; is treated well by his uncle James Keith in Alexandria; "I never was peremptory but I must now give you one positive order. It is be happy"; sends two letters which he accidentally carried off and asks her to send the one addressed to General Henry Young to Mr. John Hopkins, and to...
Dates: 1797 June 24

John Marshall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Mary Willis (Ambler) "Polly" Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, 1797 July 3

 Item — Box 1: Series id159295, Folder: 4
Identifier: id159448
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Discusses his voyage up the Chesapeake from Baltimore; mentions his first meeting with President John Adams; describes "heavy gloom" which hangs around the almost bankrupt Robert Morris and family; is impressed by the Vauxhall of Philadelphia and fashionable diversions; mentions estate of Mrs. Susan Hayward on the banks of the Schuylkil.

Dates: 1797 July 3

John Marshall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Mary Willis (Ambler) "Polly" Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, 1797 July 5

 Item — Box 1: Series id159295, Folder: 4
Identifier: id159449
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Is "extremely chagrined" at never receiving any mail from her; writes he will sail on the brig Grace for Amsterdam within the week to join General Charles Pinckney; discusses July 4th celebration of the Senators and Representatives.

Dates: 1797 July 5

John Marshall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Mary Willis (Ambler) "Polly" Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, 1797 July 10

 Item — Box 1: Series id159295, Folder: 4
Identifier: id159450
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Has received her letter of June 30; thanks Heaven for her improved health and warns her that "melancholy may inflict punishment" on her unborn child; mentions that Colonel Robert Gamble's wife would like to visit her; expects to sail by the beginning of next week at the latest and is upset at the delay; will finish his business and return as soon as possible; sends greetings to his children and mother-in-law; mentions the adjournment of Congress.

Dates: 1797 July 10

John Marshall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Mary Willis (Ambler) "Polly" Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, 1797 July 11

 Item — Box 1: Series id159295, Folder: 4
Identifier: id159451
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Sends this letter by Mr. Humphrey Marshall; attended the play Romeo and Juliet last night, and compares Mrs. Anne Bruton Merry's "Juliet" to Richmond's Mrs. Anne West Bignall's; visited Mrs. Susan Hayward and gossips about her rumored upcoming marriage to Henry Baring; complains about delayed departure and wearies of dining out, as he begins "to require a frugal repast with good cool water"; wishes "that we were looking back on our separation instead of seeing it before us."

Dates: 1797 July 11

John Marshall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Mary Willis (Ambler) "Polly" Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, 1797 July 12

 Item — Box 1: Series id159295, Folder: 4
Identifier: id159452
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Asks her to give a parcel of land deeds from John Banks to Hobe, which can be found in his pine desk in his office, to the clerk of the General Court; is impatient to get on board ship and away; wishes he had spent another week in Richmond; with tomorrow's departure of the Republican, Richard Brent, the last of the Virginia Congressmen will have left the city; "my spirits sink at parting with them."

Dates: 1797 July 12

John Marshall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Mary Willis (Ambler) "Polly" Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, 1797 July 14

 Item — Box 1: Series id159295, Folder: 4
Identifier: id159453
Scope and Contents Will board the Grace at New Castle on Sunday, July 18 and will hopefully arrive in Amsterdam by the end of August; should hear from him next in October; Mr. John Brown, his secretary, has just arrived on the last stage; received his son Tom's letter of July 6; dined yesterday at William Bingham's country seat on the Schuylkil; describes the table setting and Mrs. Anne Willing Bingham's dressing in the latest fashions; besides his Virginia relations, he most enjoys the company of Mr. Robert...
Dates: 1797 July 14

John Marshall, Paris, France, to Mary Willis (Ambler) "Polly" Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, 1797 November 27

 Item — Box 1: Series id159295, Folder: 5
Identifier: id159463
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Has received no letters from her nor from his friends in the U.S.; will not be home until May and hopes that the Randolph's Executors case can be postponed until then; mentions amusements and dissipations of Paris; describes his new living arrangements with Madame de Villette.

Dates: 1797 November 27

John Marshall, Washington, D.C., to Mary Willis (Ambler) "Polly" Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, 1826 February 5

 Item — Box 3: Series id159295, Folder: 4
Identifier: id163395
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Left Alexandria for Washington a day early because the weather was good for traveling; he, Bushrod Washington, and Gabriel Duval await the arrival of their brother Justices Joseph Story and Smith Thompson; Judge Johnson went by way of Norfolk and will not arrive till Wednesday or Thursday; Judge Thomas Todd is unable to make the journey; discusses his journey and health: "I am under the persecution of the infuenza;" will open the court and wait on the President tomorrow.

Dates: 1826 February 5

John Marshall, Washington, D.C., to Mary Willis (Ambler) "Polly" Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, 1826 February 12

 Item — Box 3: Series id159295, Folder: 4
Identifier: id163396
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Discusses his daily routine and his health; Judge Joseph Story arrived today; he was delayed a week in Philadelphia by influenza; discusses a loan of $200 to Thomas Marshall, his son; has received three invitations for dinner parties this week; discusses the gaiety of the Washington social scene; jests about his niece Lucy Fisher marrying Dr. Daniel Norborne Norton and persuading him to run for Congress.

Dates: 1826 February 12

John Marshall, Washington, D.C., to Mary Willis (Ambler) "Polly" Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, 1826 March 12

 Item — Box 3: Series id159295, Folder: 4
Identifier: id163397
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Marshall's son John passed through the city, but he did not have a chance to see him; was pleased to hear that she was well, expecting "the uncommon warmth of the season had relaxed your system so as to distress your feelings;" he enjoys his usual health; "was at a very great crowd at Mrs. John Quincy Adams'drawing room;" dined yesterday with Mr. John Randolph of Roanoke who is as much engaged in party politics as he has always been.

Dates: 1826 March 12

John Marshall, Washington, D.C., to Mary Willis (Ambler) "Polly" Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, 1826 March 20

 Item — Box 3: Series id159295, Folder: 4
Identifier: id163398
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John Marshall's son John passed through the city, but he did not have a chance to see him; was pleased to hear that she was well, expecting "the uncommon warmth of the season had relaxed your system so as to distress your feelings;" he enjoys his usual health; "was at a very great crowd at Mrs. John Quincy Adams's drawing room;" dined yesterday with Mr. John Randolph of Roanoke who is as much engaged in party politics as he has always been.

Dates: 1826 March 20

John Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, to Martin P. Marshall, Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Kentucky, 1828 September 2

 Item — Box 3: Series id159295, Folder: 6
Identifier: id163426
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Has just received Mr. Triplett's letter and is willing to allow him 20% commission on the money he may collect from the estate of Mr. Davies; discusses arrangements for drawing money on his (John Marshall's) account; asks him to pay costs incurred in the execution of the above matter; discusses election of General Andrew Jackson. Original is located in the William L. Clements Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Dates: 1828 September 2

Thomas Marshall, Oak Hill, Fauquier County, Virginia, to John Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, 1828 September 26

 Item — Box 3: Series id159295, Folder: 6
Identifier: id163428
Scope and Contents Has received his letter concerning news of the birth of Margaret Lewis Marshall's nephew; mentions health of his family, including the children's whooping cough; prices in the Alexandria flour market and how the dry weather is affecting crops; writes of his own agricultural efforts, including the operation of a large roller for his corn fields; has been unable to send down the horses; will attend a sale at Westover on Mr. Lewis's request; Mr. Lewis, Mr. Colston, and Mr. Charles B. Smith are...
Dates: 1828 September 26

John Marshall, Norfolk, Virginia, to Mary Willis (Ambler) "Polly" Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, 1828 October 31

 Item — Box 3: Series id159295, Folder: 6
Identifier: id163430
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The case will not be finished till Saturday and Marshall will not be home till Tuesday; had a pleasant sail down the river to Norfolk; boards in a very agreeable house.

Dates: 1828 October 31

John Marshall, Washington, D.C., to Mary Willis (Ambler) "Polly" Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, 1830 January 31

 Item — Box 4: Series id159295, Folder: 2
Identifier: id163445
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Writes of his son Edward C. Marshall who is a proud new father; dined with President Andrew Jackson and his Jackson's niece Mrs. Emily Donelson; saw Tom Francis a week ago; Judges William Johnson and John McLean do not board with the other judges; Judge Smith Thompson is sick; complains about not receiving his rent from his tenants Mr. Sprigg on the Potomac and another at Anderson's Bottoms.

Dates: Other: 1830 January 31

John Marshall, Washington, D.C., to Mary Willis (Ambler) "Polly" Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, 1830 February 14

 Item — Box 4: Series id159295, Folder: 2
Identifier: id163445
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Discusses the dinner parties which he and his brother Justices have attended; Secretary of State Martin van Buren gave one for the new bride of President Andrew Jackson's nephew; he dined yesterday with the British Minister; the influenza is as prevalent as it was in Richmond; Judge Gabriel Duval left town because of a relapse of his son; James Kieth Marshall wrote three days past about his brother Edward Carrington Marshall; mentions Washington's Birthday Celebrations effect on her.

Dates: Other: 1830 February 14

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