Extract from Elizabeth Trist to Nicholas P. Trist

Mr Jeffersons seems to be getting quite Strong and the certainty now of the University being establish’d here will add to his longivity.

RC (DLC: NPT); addressed: “Mr Nicholas P—Trist West Point New York”; stamped; postmarked Charlottesville, 2 Feb.; endorsed by recipient: “Grandmother Trist Jany 28th—19.”