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1795 Apr 24 BEV to FWV

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 81
Identifier: M180.1

Series Description:

From the Series:

Correspondence between Charles Vaughan, Sarah Vaughan, Benjamin Vaughan, Frances Western Apthorp (later Vaughan) and other family members concerning day-to-day family life as well as business and financial matters and politics. The correspondents also include Joseph Priestly, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, and George Washington. Letters reflect life and business in Jamaica, London (England), Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), Boston (Massachusetts) and Hallowell (Maine), among other places. Also contains a few legal and financial documents and a poem by 17-year old Charles Vaughan, and an atlas of 18th century maps of manuscript plates depicting Revolutionary War campaigns, English counties, and Jamaican slave-holding properties.

Dates

  • Creation: 1756-1875, n.d.

Creator

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Extent

From the Series: 2.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository

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