Manuscripts
Aaron Burr letters to John Vanderlyn, Amsterdam and New York, (bulk 1811, Aug. 7-Sept. 22)
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- Description
- 14 letters that Burr wrote to John Vanderlyn, an American neoclassical artist and Burr's protegé, between Aug. 7 and Sept. 22 from Amsterdam. The letters discuss various commissions and unfinished business that Burr had asked Vanderlyn to attend to, including two portraits of his daughter Theodosia.
- Production date
- 1811-1816.
- Call number
- mssHM 21816-21833
- Additional description
- The last two letters, dated July 28, 1815 and March 8, 1816, were written in New York; in the former, Burr advises Vanderlyn on his return to America, and in the latter urges him "not to leave Washington without taking a likeness of Genl. Jackson." Also included are two brief notes written during Burr's stay in Paris between February 1810 and July 1811.
