Letter, Lorenzo Lewis to Charles Conrad

Containers:
Box 64, Folder 1840.04.06
Creator:
Lewis, Lorenzo, 1803-1847 and Conrad, Charles Magill, 1804-1878
Scope and content:

A.L.S. 3 pages. Audley. His sad business [death of father] has kept him from writing--uneasy at not hearing from his mother [E.P. Lewis, then in La. with Charles Conrad]--hopes Charles can come to Va. in summer with [E.P.L.] because hot weather in N.O. very bad on [E.P.L.]--sends copy of [Lawrence Lewis's] will--his mother's share in Audley is 1/3, so he will pay her $1000 per year for her part--wants Conrad to pay her $250 quarterly and draw on him at 30 days or sight on Washington or Baltimore bank--bonds of Valery Hebert which Butler holds in trust, are to go under will to Conrad--Charles's namesake [Charles Conrad Lewis]. Autograph letter signed, integral cover, postmarked "Winchester Va. Apr. 3," laminated. Name on original manuscript appears as "L. Lewis."

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The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
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