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William M. Browne Letters to Mary Taylor, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries
Letters on Confederate States of America Executive Department stationery to Mary Taylor concerning rising rent on the house that Browne is renting from here in Richmond. In the first letter, Browne writes that he must decline to take the house for another year as Taylor has raised the rent and he believes that "$1500 is as much as [he] ought to pay." In the second letter, Browne writes that since Taylor did not reply to his first letter he "concluded that [she] had resolved to allow [him] to retain possession for another year on the same terms." He also writes that he has "literally and faithfully adhered to [his] contract" including " not neglecting the tuning of the Piano, althogh that has scarcely ever been used."
From the Hart Collection.