Extracts of letters about Charlottesville, Thomas Jefferson, and Washington D. C. Extracts of letters about Charlottesville, Thomas Jefferson, and Washington D. C. MSS 16117

Extracts of letters about Charlottesville, Thomas Jefferson, and Washington D. C. MSS 16117


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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
URL: https://small.library.virginia.edu/

Ellen Welch

Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
Identification
MSS 16117
Title
Extracts of letters about Charlottesville, Thomas Jefferson, and Washington D. C. 1830
URL:
https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/ark:/59853/294
Quantity
0.03 Cubic Feet, (One folder in a legal document box BW 6).
Language
English .

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

MSS 16117, Extracts of letters about Charlottesville, Thomas Jefferson, and Washington D. C., Small Special Collections Library, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from The Brick Row Book Shop by Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia on February 18, 2016.

Scope and Contents

Extracts of letters about Charlottesville, Thomas Jefferson, and Washington D. C. from a gentleman on a visit to the University of Virginia in 1830 and consists of 0.03 cubic feet. He mentions that he was a childhood friend of Thomas Jefferson and knew Daniel Boone, John Adams, and Justice John Marshall. He also writes about touring Richmond, Virginia and Washington, D. C.. There are comments about paintings in the Capitol rotunda, especially the paintings by John Trumbull on the The Surrender of General Burgoyne and The Surrender of General Cornwallis.