A Guide to the Joseph Clay Neal Collection Neal, Joseph Clay. 7923

A Guide to the Joseph Clay Neal Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 7923


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Repository
University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Collection Number
7923
Title
Joseph Clay Neal Collection 1820
Extent
1 item
Creator
Location
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Joseph Clay Neal Collection, Accession 7923, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 1965 May 14

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • New York
  • North River
  • Philadelphia
  • Vermont

Item Listing

Letter
  • Joseph Clay Neal to Mrs. Cheney (his aunt) w/AN from Thomas H. Palmer (nephew) to Mrs. Cheney
    1820 Sep 19
    ALS , 4 p.

    [The 13-year-old Neal thanks Mrs. Cheney for hospitality while visiting her in Vermont . Describes stormy journey on the North River ; reports on visit to New York ; arrival in Philadelphia . Mentions family affairs, yellow fever in Philadelphia etc. In AN, Thomas H. Palmer also expresses thanks for hospitality. Several persons mentioned, most of them only with first names.]