Margaretta Morse to Ann Pamela Cunningham, 1859

Containers:
Box 40
Creator:
Morse, Margaretta Wederstrandt, 1816-1893 and Cunningham, Ann Pamela, 1816-1875
Language:
English.
Scope and content:

New Orleans. Money for Washington Portraits--difficulty of collecting anything in La.--no interest among French & Spanish & Yankee merchants & speculators--flood of Mississippi River did much damage--much ridicule of cause--statement of moneys spent and received--has no secretary, to save expenses--refuses to do anything to promote the cause which she is sure would bring ridicule or failure to it--no men in state offer assistance--has enlisted services of Henry Marston. ER-387

Access and use

Location of collection:
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
3600 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Mount Vernon, VA 22121
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