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Helen Bowden Peters Darlington Letters, 1945 0.01 Linear Feet

Darlington, Helen Bowden Peters

Two letters from Helen Bowden Peters Darlington to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Peters. Contents describe her time in Madrid in 1945 during the war where her husband was working as for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) out of the American Embassy under the guise of an attache for that organization. She gave great detail to the animosity her husband and other OSS spies received from the regular embassy staff and also told her parents a lot about her living arrangements for the few months she was there. She makes mentions in her letters of Allen Dulles, FRD, and the Ambassador to Spain. She makes mention of quite a few articles for her parents to read and movies for them to watch to gain a better understanding of the type of work her husband performed while in Spain on assignment.

  1. College of William and Mary

Richard Henry Lee Letter to John Page, 1778 0.01 Linear Foot

Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794

Letter from Richard Henry Lee, Philadelphia, PA to John Page, Williamsburg about the arrival of a French squadron, plans to defeat the English navy, the French minister's audience before Congress, a court-martial and anticipated news from Spain that she "has acceeded [sic] to our alliance and acknowledged our independence." July 25, 1778.

  1. College of William and Mary

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