Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis, Woodlawn, to Elizabeth Bordley Gibson, Philadelphia, 1825

Containers:
Box 4, Folder 1825.02.15
Creator:
Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis, 1779-1852
Scope and content:

Nelly discusses Mr. and Mrs. Derby (he delivered Elizabeth's letter; she shall be called upon). Fears Gen. Jackson is unsuccessful in attempts to procure appointment for Elizabeth's nephew, John Beale Bordley. Comments on John Quincy Adams's election victory as president over Andrew Jackson. "The most shameful intrigues have given him the Presidency." The Gen. Lafayette and George W. Lafayette have visited again. Mrs. Hickory [Andrew Jackson] says Nelly was one of Jackson's "very great favorites." George Lafayette's mother-in-law died, in France. George will attend the Birth Night. She mentions the Wright sisters and her contempt for them. She must soon part with George and Gen. Lafayette perhaps for last time. "I shall not visit Mrs. [John Quincy] Adams at all-I do not respect her Husband and I despise his Father."

Language:
English.

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