Matthew Fontaine Maury, Fredericksburg, Virginia, to his cousin, Matthew Maury, New York, New York, 1840

Containers:
Box 2, Folder 111
Scope and content:

Is not upset that he mistakenly took hus [MM] gown, as it is comfortable; his Paris and London terms for payment benefitted him; offers him his rubber boots; or his wife [?] can give him one of his [MFM] gowns; he and Lynch had been thinking about overhauling the papers in the Department [of the Navy]; spoke to Dickinson about it, and he approved the idea as his own; the other day, someone was regretting the fact that there was no existing account of [Governor] Spottswood's trip across the mountains; Jno [John] Minor volunteres to make a glossery of the words in the journay; Mary Blackford wants to now about the private history of Mrs. Jameson; asks Ann to tell her; business matters. 4pp. ALS

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