Episode 11 - Gingerbread Such As Edy Makes - a podcast by Hum. Servt

Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge to Martha Jefferson Randolph, 20 November 1825.

In which newlywed Ellen couldn't possibly complain about her circumstances... (Spoiler alert: she can.)

Many thanks to the talented, funny, and knowledgeable research librarian at the Jefferson Library, Anna Berkes, for being my guest host!Learn more:

See the full text of the letter here: http://tjrs.monticello.org/letter/1018The quote about Joseph Coolidge's personality issues: Downs, Jacques M."American Merchants and the China Opium Trade, 1800-1840."The Business History Review 42, no. 4 (1968): 418-42. Accessed November 10, 2020. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3112527.

Mary's letter to Ellen: http://tjrs.monticello.org/letter/1014The Browere incident!

Jefferson's Take: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/98-01-02-5602Mary's Take: http://tjrs.monticello.org/letter/1014

Browere's Take: Rhode-Island American (Providence, Rhode Island) LX, no. 7, November 1, 1825: [2]. Readex: America's Historical Newspapers.

More on Edith Hern Fossett: https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/edith-hern-fossett

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