| dc.contributor.author |
Lamb, Lucy |
en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned |
2011-10-12T18:50:09Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2011-10-12T18:50:09Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
1806-03-01 |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation |
Tucker-Coleman Papers: Series 2 Thomas Jefferson Correspondence, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10288/15366 |
|
| dc.description.abstract |
Has heard Jefferson said her late husband's mission [to Algiers] failed not for lack of application but for lack of money; he had always served his country; in freighting business in last war he redeemed countrymen from captivity; under commission from Congress he fitted out a privateer and captured a British ship; brought warlike horses into Boston; refused opportunity of changing L25,000 continental money into British gold; lost his wealth; unfortunate mission to Algiers; failed seven times in trying to get a hearing before Congress; put his affairs into hands of Benjamin Huntington who proved treacherous; Mr. Lamb supposed a sum due him from Congress; she has lost papers; asks relief from Congress or President; previous letter to him lost. |
en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship |
College of William and Mary. Swem Library. Jefferson Project |
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| dc.description.sponsorship |
Papers of Thomas Jefferson (Princeton University) |
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| dc.description.sponsorship |
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation |
|
| dc.language.iso |
eng |
|
| dc.subject |
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Correspondence |
en_US |
| dc.title |
Letter, 1806 March 1, Groton, [?] to Thomas Jefferson, n.p. |
en_US |
| dc.type |
text |
en_US |
| dc.type.genre |
Letters (correspondence) |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.collectionId |
Mss. 40 T79 |
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| dcterms.isPartOf |
Tucker-Coleman Papers |
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