Lloyd, John Nelson, 1783-1841

Letter from John Nelson Lloyd, Lloyd Neck, to George W. Strong, New York, regarding Strong's dyspepsia and that which killed his wife and from which his son John suffers, the depression of Strong's brother, Thomas, following the death of his daughter, Eliza Griffing, the health of Sarah Cogswell, Jane Meng whose husband had died earlier in the year, the visit of Andrew Jackson to New Haven and comparing him with John Quincy Adams, and the likelihood of cholera reappearing in New York; hole in second leaf with loss to one line.

Letter from John Nelson Lloyd, Lloyd Neck, to George W.

Letter from John Nelson Lloyd, Lloyd Neck, to George W. Strong, New York, giving his condolences on the death of Strong's son, John Wells Strong, mentioning his will on which Strong had been working, and informing Strong that Lloyd's daughters Angelina and Phoebe would be staying in New York for some time and asking that Strong's daughters, Eloise and Mary, visit with them during their stay.

Letter from John Nelson Lloyd, Lloyd Neck, to George W. Strong, New York, discussing the result of the recent election in which Andrew Jackson was decisively reelected which had left Lloyd disillusioned with politics and pessimistic about the future of the country, Strong's report of a conversation with Albert Gallatin, the deleterious effects of intemperate eating and drinking, and the recent death of Walter Scott and plans to memorialize him.

Letter from John Nelson Lloyd, Lloyd Neck, to George W.

Letter from George W. Strong, New York, to John Nelson Lloyd, Lloyd Neck, acknowledging receipt of a payment for wood cut from Lloyd Neck and seeking clarification of a discrepancy, mentioning a conversation with David B. Ogden rejecting James Kent's claims about Daniel Webster's intemperance and suggesting that even if true, Kent shouldn't have stated it publicly and may owe Webster an apology, and discussing Rev. Dr. Francis L. Hawks, who had been selected by Elizabeth Hamilton to edit the papers of Alexander Hamilton in opposition to her children's' wishes, and Mrs.