Jane C. Charl[ton], Williamsburg, [Va.], to Sarah C. Watts, New London, [Va.] 10 January 1808

Containers:

Folder 6

Extent:

3 pp.

Scope and content:

Tells of Miss Moir's birthday party, and helping her sister and Sally Bracken "look very smart" for it; Mr. Callaway, "a very genteel Young man," but "extremely homely," came to visit; gossip; mention of a literary society; "the Bishop"[James Madison] stopped the gentlemen's weekly parties because it was interrupting their studies, which she is disappointed by, because before the dancing began, the men discussed various political subjects, some speaking quite eloquently; Mr. Anderson ill, suffering from an ankle problem, and misses Sally Browne very much, as they all do; tells of a romance between Eliza [Wright] and Mr. Mayo; her mother is ill; freezing weather.

Physical description:

ALS.

Names:

Jane C. Charl[ton]

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