Letter, Thomas Turner to Lorenzo Lewis, 1840

Containers:
Box 64, Folder 1840.11.19
Creator:
Lewis, Lorenzo, 1803-1847
Scope and content:

A.L.S. 4 pages. Philadelphia. Announcing that they are finally happily settled in a new home, except for a few complaints of city life: "Above all, I want the invigorating exercise of horseback, this walking on hard pavements, in tight cloaths, is anything but recreation to me, a square or two and I am sick of it." Integral cover. Name on original manuscript appears as "T. Turner."

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The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
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