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Collection Reference Number GLC06997.41
From Archive Folder War of 1812: Correspondence and documents on the war, POWs in Canada, behaviour of soldiers, conditions in New Orleans, laying the Tennessee state line and founding of Memphis City. Documents relate to James Winchester, his family and associates 
Title James Winchester to his daughter, Maria Breedlove, regarding his offer of female slaves and riding horses
Date 3 November 1814
Author Winchester, James (1752-1826)  
Recipient Breedlove, Maria  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description "I sometime ago offered you your choice of my negresses… I have not heard of your making a selection. I also offered you a choice of my riding horses. …"
Subjects War of 1812  Military History  Global History and Civics  Foreign Affairs  Prisoner of War  Canada  Battle  
People Winchester, James (1752-1826)  Breedlove, Maria Winchester (1793-1846)  
Place written Nashville, Tennessee
Theme War of 1812; Foreign Affairs; Women in American History; Children & Family; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859