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- GLC#
- GLC03587.16-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 7 May 1856
- Author/Creator
- Gadsden, James, 1788-1858
- Title
- to John Cripps
- Place Written
- Vera Cruz, Mexico
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 27 cm, Width: 21 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Writes about his voyage back to Charleston and how the sea air reminds him of home. Reports having received a letter from Washington discussing "angry correspondence on both sides-this must either be Marcy or Pickett." Asks Cripps to store his belongings. Encloses letters for Mrs. Monk (Cripps' mother) and Mr. Cavallier (not included). Imprint in upper left corner reads "G&F, Vera Cruz."
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