S.W. Tiffey to Nancy Halsted

Containers:

Box 68

Creator:

Tiffey, S.W. and Halsted, Nancy Marsh, 1817-1891

Scope and content:

A.L.S. Mount Vernon. Blue paper has not arrived. West Parlor is wainscotted, East Parlor painted like the Association's Parlor, but ceiling is ugly and soiled. Suggests Christy & Constance paper for library, no questions about Hall paper. General Michler expected soon, urges large room be painted at once. Visitors wonder why things have not been finished. Walls in Washington's bedroom are very white. Quotes Regent's letter re papering without Council's authority, Mrs. Halsted's suggestion to have old styles manufactured from her samples. Questions leaving walls white rather than using modern wallpaper. Might be plain colors as Washington refers to yellow, also blue rooms. Wants a bed Washington has slept in for his bedroom. Suggests ways of acquiring bed on which he died, and asking Generla Lee for it. Regent anxious about acquiring adjacent land. ER-16, p. 180

Language:

English .

Names:

Tiffey, S.W.
Halsted, Nancy Marsh, 1817-1891

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