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Assorted letters from peers and associates. Items of interest include: an 1833 letter describing the ruins of General George Washington's childhood home in Fredericksburg, VA, including a sketch of the dwelling (presumably Ferry Farm); an 1833 letter discussing the sale of a slave family (the slave Syphax, accused of an unidentified transgression, and his wife and son) from Jane Washington at Claymont Court to the Chapmans; and a letter from the joint committee of Congress tasked to appoint artists to decorate the rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This digital image is a surrogate of an item from the Chapman Family Papers. [Title, Date]. Chapman Family Papers. MSS 48. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
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English
Subject
Slave trade Presidents--Homes and haunts United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.) West Virginia Virginia Washington, George, 1732-1799
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