Edward Everett to Anna Cora Ritchie, 1856

Containers:
Box 15
Creator:
Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 and Ritchie, Anna Cora Mowatt, 1819-1870
Scope and content:

Extracts from his letter. Sectional feeling will probably prevent his trip to South. Press in North assails him for his southern trip. Has delivered Washington address 21 times. Funds he has received, invested; if not used in his life time, his will provides they be given to Association trustees. Thinks price of Mount Vernon exorbitant. Regrets loss of time caused by poor health. Poem written by E. Everett after seeing monuments of Judah Touro and Catherine Hayes, June 25, 1856. ER-9, p. 105

Language:
English.

Access and use

Location of collection:
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
3600 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Mount Vernon, VA 22121
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