Winchester, James, 1725-1826 to Maria Breedlove

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GLC#
GLC06997.043-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
December 8, 1814
Author/Creator
Winchester, James, 1725-1826
Title
to Maria Breedlove
Place Written
Mobile
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 20.2 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Age of Jefferson & Madison

General Winchester writes his daughter on the subject of women's dress. He has just returned from a ball, which he attended out of curiosity to see the local ladies, whom he found them much less attractive than the women of Quebec. He adds a paragraph about the fleet of enemy ships currently approaching the point, concluding: "this last paragraph is added for your male acquaintances."

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