Eppes, John Wayles, 1772-1823

John Wayles Eppes served as a U.S. Congressman 1803-1811, and U.S. Senator from 1817-1819. He was born in Chesterfield County, Virginia, the son of Francis Eppes and Elizabeth Wayles Eppes. He married Thomas Jefferson's daughter, Maria Jefferson, in 1797 and they had three children. After her death he married Martha Burke Jones in 1809 and had a further nine children. He died at his Mill Brook estate in 1823.

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[Letter from John Teackle to Charles Nicoll Bancker, February 2, 1808, Vol. 1]

Letter from John Teackle to Charles Nicoll Bancker. The letter is from Vol. 1 of Charles N. Bancker's correspondence journal, which pertains to family and business matters and documents national economic and political issues related to the family's interests in banking, commerce, and shipbuilding. John writes about the duel between congressmen Barent Gardenier and George W. Campbell.