Papers, 1780-1832
Correspondence from Elizabeth Jaquelin Ambler Brent Carrington (1765-1847) includes letters to her friends, Mildred Smith Dudley of Yorktown, Virginia, and Frances Caines of Bristol, England. These letters, Elizabeth's own copies of the originals, describe her family's difficulties during the American Revolution, the death of her first husband and the unfortunate life of a friend. Later letters to her sister, Ann Ambler Fisher, concern family history, Yorktown before the Revolution, flight from the British, the effects of the Revolutionary War, and her brother-in-law, Chief Justice John Marshall. Also includes a letter from John A.B. Fisher concerning his plans to enter the ministry
Archival Material, English, 1780