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James Madison to Eliza Trist discussing his travel plans and health, 29 October 1788

Title
James Madison to Eliza Trist discussing his travel plans and health, 29 October 1788.
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[Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1788]
Physical Description
1 online resource.
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Notes
Collection: The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859.
Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2014. Digitized from a copy held by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
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Summary
Discusses his travel plans and health. Also discusses an indigent man named John (slave), whom Madison feels responsible for. Mentions Edmund Randolph, William Grayson, and Thomas Jefferson. Trist was the daughter of a woman who ran a Philadelphia boarding house where Madison and Jefferson frequently stayed. Signed Js. Madison Jr. Year inferred by the Library of Congress, Papers of the Delegates of Congress project.
Variant and related titles
American history, 1493-1945. Module I.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 18, 2024
Genre/Form
Correspondence
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AM (Publisher), digitiser.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, owner.
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