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John Dawson Letter to Fulwar Skipwith Letter, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

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Scope and Contents

Letter from John Dawson, New York, to Fulwar Skipwith, American Consul, Paris [France] offering congratulations on his marriage to [Evelina Vanden Clooster] and voicing his concerns about  the abuse of the Jefferson administration by the Federal newspapers. Pennsyvania, the South and the West's are with the administration.  Elections in New Jersey, New York, Vermont and Rhode Island and William Short.  Includes typescript. September 19, 1802.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Correspondence
• Elections--United States--History
• Short, William, 1759-1849
• Skipwith, Evelina Vanden Clooster
• Skipwith, Fulwar, 1765-1839
• United States--Politics and government--1789-1815