General correspondence to John Gadsby Chapman
- Collection
- Description
-
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.
- Creation Date
- 1820-1833
- Correspondent
- Location Of Originals
-
This digital image is a surrogate of an item from the Chapman Family Papers.
- Geographics
- Corporate Name
- Personal Name
- Topics
Format
View formats within this collection
- Language
- English
- Related Resource
Online finding aid
- Cite This Work
-
[Title, Date]. Chapman Family Papers. MSS 48. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
- Copyright
-
Public domain (US)
Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.
Constraint(s) on Use: This work may be used without prior permission.
- Digital Object Made Available By
-
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
- Last Modified
2020-10-28