S[amuel] L. Mitchill ALS to [Catharine Mitchill], December 23, 1807
Correspondence, 1801-1829 [Box 2, Folder 22]
No 27 Washington 23rd Decr. 1807 My dear Girl I have been so much occupi- -ed with the huge business of the Embargo, that I have but little to write you today. I must re- -fer you to the accompanying Gazette for the proceedings on that great question. The convul- -sed and distracted state of the world has ren- -dered it necessary for Congress to withdraw the persons and property of our Citizens, from the Ocean, and to keep them securely at home for a short Time. This is a measure of no small inconvenience; but in a choice of evils the Embargo was the least. To act in such a Capacity as mine, in these perilous Times in hard Service. But I shall execute
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- Correspondence, 1801-1829 [Box 2, Folder 22]
- Title
- S[amuel] L. Mitchill ALS to [Catharine Mitchill], December 23, 1807
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- Mitchill, Samuel L. (Samuel Latham), 1764-1831
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- letter
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- Mitchill, Catherine Akerly Cock, 1778-1864
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- Washington, [D.C.]
- 1807 December 23
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"S[amuel] L. Mitchill ALS to [Catharine Mitchill], December 23, 1807." In the digital collection Samuel Latham Mitchill Papers, 1801-1829. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/mitchill.0222.002. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 12, 2025.