Preston Family Letters
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Preston, John S. (John Smith), 1809-1881
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content: Preston family letters
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1836-1927
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.presjohs, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Primarily, correspondence is between John S. Preston and Hiram Powers regarding the state of Powers's work including Preston and Hampton family busts; busts of Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, and John C. Calhoun; and other sculpture. Letters discuss the U.S. government funding of commissions; Powers's views on the state of the Union; Preston's concerns with family affairs; legislative stands; and politics. Also found is a letter from Sarah Preston. 

Preston family papers include a family genealogy and a marriage certificate. Also found is an affidavit concerning Powers's work,  Madonna of the Window.

Unsigned sketches depict cows, sheep, and a boy with a dog.