Lily Macalester Laughton to Margaret Comegys

Containers:
Box 81
Creator:
Laughton, Lily Macalester Berghmans, 1832-1891 and Comegys, Margaret Douglass, 1816-1888
Scope and content:

A.L.S. Torrisdale. Told Mrs. Barnes that Mrs. Comegys refused to give up little room she had selected. Trouble with rival boat that landed at wharf below Mount Vernon. Lower price for trip. Company put out inflammatory handbills and advertizing. Mr. Hollingsworth asked to have boat lowered to meet rival which Mrs. Berghmans did. Results satisfactory and other boat withdrew. Rival boat company asked Lossing to denounce MVLA. He will write a favorable article for MVLA in magazine. ER-17, p. 194

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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