College of William and Mary. Office of the President

Organization

Staff Only

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Papers

Collection

Identifier: Mss. 39.1 Ew3

Scope and Contents This collection contains materials dated 1784-1934. It includes correspondence, legal papers, and accounts, chiefly 1830-1892, of Benjamin S. Ewell, professor at the U.S. Military Academy, Hampden-Sydney College, Washington and Lee College, and the College of William and Mary (which he served as acting president, 1848-1849, and president, 1854-1888). Letters from Ewell during the Civil War when he was assistant adjutant-general to Gen. Joseph E. Johnston are included as well. Among the...

Dates: 1784-1934; Majority of material found in 1830-1892

Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Office of the President. Thomas Roderick Dew Records

Collection

Identifier: UA 2.05

Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence from Dew as well as an account book.Note, dated October 16, 1837, written by Dew to Judge Abel P. Upshur, concerning the granting of credit to students by merchants. The note is handwritten on a printed Resolution by the Board of Visitors, adopted July, 1836.Letter, dated October 18, 1837, written by Dew to William H. Harrison, principal of the Academy at the Wigwam in Amelia, Virginia, and defends the institution of slavery in...

Dates: 1833-1852