Calendar of Correspondence (box 1, folders 1a-1b)

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The calendar of correspondence, titled "minute of letters" by its creator William Sommerville, consists of letter abstracts in seven sections.

1. "minute of letters received"; march 9 to december 28, 1811; pages 4-28
2. "minute of letters wrote"; february 3 to december 14, 1811; pages 1-24
3. "minute of letters wrote"; january 10 to december 29, 1810; pages 1-16
4. "minute of letters wrote"; january 5 to february 2, 1811; pages 1-3
5. "minute of letters received"; january 3 to september 19, 1810; pages 1-12
6. "minute of letters [received]"; september 29 to december 29, 1810; pages 13-18
7. "minute of letters received"; january 12-26, 1811; page 19

Correspondents and persons recorded in the calendar of correspondence include:
men in public office on the national and local levels,
local residents,
members of the Sommerville family,
Revolutionary War veterans,
newspaper editors,
and Post Office clients and officials.
See the name index in box 3 for an alphabetical listing.

Subjects of the correspondence include:
estates,
lottery - Susquehanna Canal,
lottery - Union College,
lottery - Wilmington College,
lottery - smallpox vaccine institute,
politics,
deaths,
mail schedules,
business affairs,
elections,
apprentice,
and vaccine legislation.

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