Joseph Coolidge and Ellen W. Randolph Coolidge to Martha Jefferson Randolph, [10 Aug. 1825]

We are at Nahant, and I devote a liesure hour to my friends at Monticello. Our journey became at length fatiguing, owing to the excessively warm weather, crowded inns and coaches; so that we were glad to arrive at my father’s house where they had long expected us: several days were necessary to...

Joseph Coolidge to Martha Jefferson Randolph, with postscript by Ellen W. Randolph Coolidge, 9 July 1825

I have been at the office, and found there yours of July 5. it was wholly unexpected, and has given great pleasure to Ellen, for her fears respecting Elizabeth have made her anxious to hear from ashton: we are going out, and the carriage is now waiting at the door, but yours shews such a wish to...

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