Correspondence, 1815 - 1841
Series
Identifier: 1
Part of MS-986: Levi Woodbury papers
Description
Contains personal letters from Woodbuy to his brother documenting planned real estate purchases, financial dealings, offers of financial assistance and travel plans. Personal news includes the correspondents' relationship to parents, marriages, deaths, and illnesses in the family. They also document the writer's political ambitions and ideology. Of note is an 1837 letter detailing writer's estrangement from an acquaintance due to his abolitionism.
Dates
- 1815 - 1841
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted.
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Part of the Rauner Library Archives and Manuscripts Repository