Julia Gardiner Tyler, "Sherwood Forest, " (Charles City County, Virginia) to Juliana McLachlan Gardiner, 1848

Containers:
Box 8, Folder 2
Scope and content:

Complains of being sick and describes the various remedies she has used; reports that Mr. Healy [?] "the artiste" has asked to paint the "President's portrait for His Majesty Louis Phillipe who requested it for his gallery at Versailles"; she [JGT] suggests that she might have her own portrait painted and presented to the Queen; recommends woolen shirts as a present for "Gardie," [David Gardiner Tyler] and little socks for the baby; asks that M[argaret] make cambric shirts; also asks for fabric, sugar molasses, and cast of hats from D[avid Gardiner] and A[lexander Gardiner]. 4 pp. ALS.

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