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Appleton, Thomas, fl. 1798-1825 Five manuscript letterbooks compiled while U.S. Consul in Livorno, Italy

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06791 Author/Creator: Appleton, Thomas, fl. 1798-1825 Place Written: Various Places Type: Header Record Date: 1798-1825 ca. Pagination: 5 v. 1184 p. : Order a Copy

Five folio letterbooks in vellum, mostly clerical copies, containing more than 1060 letters. Although the letters are generally chronological, those letters out of chronological order are topically related to those next to them. Includes letters to Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Latrobe and other U.S. Officials.

Appleton, Thomas, fl. 1798-1825

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