Dear List Members:

I am working on revising my dissertation on the business activities of the
Tayloe family of Virginia.  One improvement I am trying to make is to paint
a more personal and human picture of the family.  I have genealogical
information and some personal letters, but the vast majority of their
family papers are account books and most of the letters that exist involve
John Tayloe III (1771-1828) and not the earlier two generations that I'm
also working on.  I am now beginning to look in other families' papers who
might have corresponded with the Tayloes to try to find either letters
written by those other families to the Tayloes or letters that the Tayloes
sent to them; I am finding some letters using this strategy, but as you can
imagine it is hit or miss.

This is where I hope you might be able to help.  If in your own research
you have come across letters in other Virginia or Maryland families' papers
to or from John Tayloe I (1687-1747), John Tayloe II (1721-1779) or John
Tayloe III (1771-1828) or their wives (Elizabeth Gwynn Lyde Tayloe (I),
Rebecca Tayloe (II), or Anne Ogle Tayloe (III)), I would very much
appreciate knowing about them if you are willing to share.

Thanks in advance for your consideration and assistance.

Sincerely,

Laura Croghan Kamoie
American University
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