Letter from James Madison Sr. to Thomas Macon

Containers:
Box 1, Folder 1
Scope and content:

Letter given by Mrs. Annie James Yowell Jeffries, who obtained it from Corrie B. Macon Hill, James Madison's great-great neice.

Letter concerns a fire at the house of Montpelier overseer James Coleman on the night of January 2, 1796. Madison Sr. mentions losing a large quantity of spun wool that had not yet been woven into cloth due to Reuben having "been laid up with the Rheumatism, which has confined him from weaving for the last three months." Reuben was enslaved by James Madison Sr.

Names:
Reuben
Reuben

Access and use

Location of collection:
James Madison University
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Carrier Library
James Madison University
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Harrisonburg, VA 22807
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