Letter from Benjamin Latrobe to Mary Latrobe

Letter from Benjamin Latrobe to Mary Latrobe
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Number of Pages: 
7
Date: 
November 30, 1802

Architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe writes to Mary Hazlehurst Latrobe, his second wife, about his dinner with President Thomas Jefferson.  Latrobe discusses the other guests at the dinner and the his thoughts on building a drydock for the United States Navy. Transcript included.

People: 
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry
Latrobe, Mary Hazlehurst
Lewis, Meriwether
Franklin, Benjamin
Washington, Bushrod
Priestley, Joseph
Jay, Sarah
Subject: 
Military Affairs and Conflict
Personal and Family Life
Politics and Government
Format: 
Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 
1800-1819
Location: 
I-AsbellY-2002-1
Origin: 
Gift of Yale Asbell