Letter signed Meriwether Lewis to Mrs. Lucy Marks, Wilks County, Georgia. He has received a letter from Uncle John Gilmer about his mother’s welfare and brother’s assiduity and attention at school. His fall vacation was to see his sister and the rest of his relatives “below the little mountains” at Hanover. Mr. Anderson has left Richmond, has discontinued the business of William Anderson & Co., is again living at Hanover and has declared himself a candidate in the next Hanover election. Lewis will be unable to escort his mother to Virginia sooner than eighteen months or two years. Mr. Hastings, who has his father’s power of attorney, is not handling affairs in a satisfactory manner. He tells her that the matter deserves her most serious and immediate consideration. “It is currently reported here that you are Mrs. Harvey.” (3 pages, transcript included), 1791 Oct 16

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Meriwether Lewis Papers is an artificial, or subject-based, collection gathered to record the Lewis and Clark Expedition. During the re-processing of the Meriwether Lewis Collection in 1999, several items were removed from the collection and returned to the archival collection in which they originally belonged. (Please consult the separation record at the end of this finding aid.)

Dates

1791 Oct 16

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