Charles Calvert Stuart and Edward C. Marshall to Lawrence Lewis, 1829

Containers:
Box 12, Folder 1829.07
Creator:
Lewis, Lawrence, 1767-1839
Extent:
3 pages
Scope and content:

Letter from Charles Calvert Stuart to John Augustine Washington, which contains a forwarded letter to Washington from Edward C. Marshall on the same bifolium sheet. Stuart discusses his plans to send around 20 enslaved people from his household from Louisa to a sugar plantation in Louisiana. Autograph letter signed, 1 page.

Stuart's letter includes a letter directed to him and and intended for Washington from Edward C. Marshall, Oak Hill, Fauquier County, VA, concerning Lewis' possible interest in purchasing Warner Hall. Includes calculations from potential price per acre. Autograph letter signed 2 pages.

Language:
English.
Physical facet:
1 bifolium sheet
Dimensions:
20 x 25 cm

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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