Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter from Thomas H. Benton to unnamed correspondent from Lexington, Va., 1839 October 20
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Transcription of Letter
Lexington, Vir. Oct. 20. 1839.Dear Sir, I had the gratification to receive, in due time, your letter and the Satt Documents, the contents not the less welcome because of the enclosure. That all should come safe was a matter, considering the preservative character of the envellope. I did not know of the suspension at the time that I wrote, which in fact was then only beginning in the atlantic cities. I made a good escape, having sold large property here...
Dates:
1839 October 20