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Correspondence of Dr. C.E. Godfrey, New Jersey Office of Adjutant General, to Lucy Lewis Funsten and Attaway M. Lewis about Captain George Lewis, 7 letters 1 folder(s) Box 1, Folder 21

Godfrey requests any information about Captain George Lewis (1757-1821), an officer in the Commander-in-Chief's Guard, and his family, or a likeness or image of Lewis, for his book "The Commander-in-Chief's Guard, Revolutionary War" (1902); thanks her for allowing him to photograph the payroll of Captain Lewis' troop, which is the only one in existence and warns her about the need for its care, also sharing the interest of Mr. Ford, Library of Congress, in its purchase (January 8, 1903).

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Dr. George T. Yerby to George Washington Lewis 1 folder(s) Box 2, Folder 3

Commends his friend, William S. Pawson, Commission Merchant, Baltimore, to Lewis, as an experienced man of the highest respectability and standing, March 31, 1843, accompanying a letter from Pawson himself, June 22, 1843, explaining why he has not yet visited in person and that his chief area of business in Virginia was selling grain from the Eastern Shore.

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Dr. Richard Henry Stuart to George Washington Lewis 1 folder(s) Box 1, Folder 72

Stuart sends Jim, probably an enslaved worker who is anxious to see his family, to Lewis. Jim travels by horse due to the bad condition of the roads. He will delay his own visit, as his own children have the mumps. He also thanks Lewis for the speech he has sent for his boys to study when they are older.

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Edward Everett (1794-1865), Boston, to and from George Washington Lewis, 2 letters 1 folder(s) Box 1, Folder 17

Edward Everett, May 26, 1860, thanks Lewis for sending him one of George Washington's autograph letters which he terms "a precious relic." With Everett's letter is a hand-written draft copy of G.W. Lewis' original letter, May 24, 1860, sent to Edward Everett when he mailed the Washington letter as an enclosure. In that letter, he expresses a great deal of appreciation for Everett's character and political career.

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