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        <titleproper>A Guide to the Susan Bowdoin Letters to Robert Wash, <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1811 March 8
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      <titleproper>A Guide to the Susan Bowdoin Letters to Robert Wash, <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1811 March
                    8 - May 11</date></titleproper>
      <subtitle>A Collection in the <lb/>Colonial Williamsburg Foundation`s<lb/>John D.
                Rockefeller, Jr. Library <num type="Manuscript Number">MS 1942.6 </num></subtitle>
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    <runner placement="footer">John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg
            Foundation </runner>
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      <head>Descriptive Summary </head>
      <repository label="Repository" encodinganalog="852$a">John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library,
                Colonial Williamsburg Foundation </repository>
      <unittitle label="Title" encodinganalog="245$a">Susan Bowdoin Letters to Robert Wash
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                    8 - May 11 </unitdate></unittitle>
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      <physdesc label="Physical Characteristics" encodinganalog="300$a">2 items. </physdesc>
      <langmaterial label="Language">
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      <origination label="Creator" encodinganalog="100$a">Bowdoin, Susan </origination>
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        <p>Collection is open to research. </p>
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        <head>Use Restrictions </head>
        <p>There are no restrictions. </p>
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        <head>Preferred Citation </head>
        <p>Susan Bowdoin Letters to Robert Wash, Manuscript #MS 1942.6, John D.
                    Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. </p>
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        <head>Acquisition Information </head>
        <p>Gift, 1942 </p>
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      <head>Biographical/Historical Information </head>
      <p>None available. </p>
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      <p>The first letter discusses her health and the well-being of many Williamsburg
                acquaintances, including the Coleman, Tucker, Cabell, Andrews and Skipwith families.
                Mentions her upcoming trip to S uffolk {Va.}, and the impending marriage of Miss
                Tyler. Other friends mentioned include: Ferdinand Campbell, Mrs. Gatliffe, Mr. Cary,
                Miss Bracken, Mr. Browne, Mrs. Seawell, Mr. Mason, and Eliza Prentis. The second
                letter was written while staying with the family of {St. George} Tucker. Discusses
                the death of Bishop James Madison and the election of John Bracken as President of
                the College of William and Mary. Mentions death of {Samuel} Tyler and the
                appointment of Robert Nelson as Chancellor. {?} Russell died. She has lost many
                friends on the Eastern Shore: Mrs. Eyre, Dr. Lyon, Dr. Evans, and W{illia}m Savage.
                Writes about the escape of Maria {Teackle} Parker from the Richmond Theater Fire of
                1811. Eliza {?} is with Charlotte Dickson on a visit to {Robert} Saunders and Mrs.
                Mary Anne Hunter. Has been with Tuckers since November 1. Will stay until going back
                to the Eastern Shore in July. F{erdinand Stewart} Campbell married {Elizabeth Corbin
                Griffin} Gatlief. Doctor C{harles} Carter has returned to Williamsburg. S{arah
                Trebell} Galt married {William} Browne. Sends good wishes from Mrs. Tucker, Mrs.
                Skipwith, Mrs. Cocke, Mrs. Tazewell and love from {Frances Bland Tucker} Coalter.
                {John} Coalter has {St. George} Tucker's seat on the Court of Appeals and his family
                will move to a farm within two miles of Richmond. </p>
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      <head>Arrangement </head>
      <p>The items are arranged chronologically. </p>
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      <controlaccess>
        <head>Persons:</head>
        <persname encodinganalog="600$a">Bowdoin, Susan</persname>
        <persname encodinganalog="600$a">Bracken, John, d. 1818</persname>
        <persname encodinganalog="600$a">Browne, Sarah Trebell Galt, ca. 1782-1844</persname>
        <persname encodinganalog="600$a">Browne, William, 1787-1855</persname>
        <persname encodinganalog="600$a">Cabell, Joseph C. (Joseph Carrington), 1778-1856</persname>
        <persname encodinganalog="600$a">Campbell, Ferdinand, 1785-1854</persname>
        <persname encodinganalog="600$a">Carter, Charles, d. 1825</persname>
        <persname encodinganalog="600$a">Coalter, Frances Bland Tucker, d. 1813</persname>
        <persname encodinganalog="600$a">Coalter, John, 1769-1838</persname>
        <persname encodinganalog="600$a">Dickson, Charlotte</persname>
        <persname encodinganalog="600$a">Hunter, Mary Anne, d. 1815</persname>
        <persname encodinganalog="600$a">Madison, James, 1749-1812</persname>
        <persname encodinganalog="600$a">Nelson, Robert, 1778-1819</persname>
        <persname encodinganalog="600$a">Parker, Maria Teackle, d. 1815</persname>
        <persname encodinganalog="600$a">Saunders, Robert, 1761-1835</persname>
        <persname encodinganalog="600$a">Savage, William, d. 1812</persname>
        <persname encodinganalog="600$a">Skipwith, Henry, ca. 1750-ca. 1815</persname>
        <persname encodinganalog="600$a">Stewart, Elizabeth Griffin Gatlief Campbell, 1779
                    or 80-1854</persname>
        <persname encodinganalog="600$a">Stewart, Ferdinand Stewart Campbell, 1789 or
                    90-1854</persname>
        <persname encodinganalog="600$a">Tucker, Lelia Skipwith Carter, 1767-1837</persname>
        <persname encodinganalog="600$a">Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827</persname>
        <persname encodinganalog="600$a">Tyler, Samuel, 1776-1812</persname>
        <persname encodinganalog="700$a">Wash, Robert, 1790-1856</persname>
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        <famname encodinganalog="600$a">Coleman family</famname>
        <famname encodinganalog="600$a">Skipwith family</famname>
        <famname encodinganalog="600$a">Tucker family</famname>
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        <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650$a">Theater - Virginia - Richmond - History</subject>
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        <head>Geographical Names:</head>
        <geogname source="lcsh" encodinganalog="651$a">Virginia - Social life and customs -
                    19th century</geogname>
        <geogname source="lcsh" encodinganalog="651$a">Williamsburg (Va.) - Social life and
                    customs</geogname>
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