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Galt family

 Family

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Galt Papers (III-A)

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 78 G13 (III-A)
Scope and Contents

Papers of Alexander Galt, Jr. and his family.  Mostly correspondence but also includes contracts, financial records, diaries, notebooks, sculptures and ephemera.  Most items written to, or by, Alexander Galt, Jr. when he was living in Florence, Italy.  Alexander Galt's sketchbook which includes photograph of Galt's sketch of General Stonewall Jackson.

Dates: 1848-1917

Galt Papers (IV)

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 78 G13 (IV)
Scope and Contents

Letters and accounts of James Galt of Columbia, Virginia (Fluvanna County).  Many letters and accounts concern his guardianship of his nieces and nephews.  Legal documents concern William Galt's estate (1851-1854), deed as executor for John Allen's estate (1839) and an opinion of Hawkins vs. Miles (1819).

Dates: 1819, 1830-1875

Galt-Robinson Photostats

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01247
Scope and Contents

Letters, 1949-1951, written by Alex Galt Robinson, Harrods Creek, Kentucky to Earl Gregg Swem, Williamsburg, Virginia. The letters contain biographical material relating to the Galt and Craig families of Williamsburg. Includes references to Doctor William Craig Galt and Doctor Norborne Craig Galt, both of Louisville, Kentucky, Doctor John Minson Galt, Elizabeth Judith Galt, Alexander Dickie Galt and Alexander Craig.

Dates: 1949

Grigsby-Galt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2009.308
Scope and Contents This collection contains the family papers of members of the Grigsby and Galt Families. Mary Blair Grigsby married William W. Galt in 1881.  The collection contains papers of various members of the Grigsby family, particulary Hugh Blair Grigsby who was a historian and Chancellor of The College of William and Mary and his son, Hugh Carrington Grigsby who lived his entire life at the family farm, Edgehill, in Charlotte County, Virginia. The collection also contains the personal...
Dates: 1736-1982; Majority of material found in 1840-1930

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Financial records 3
Legal documents 2
Accounts 1
Art (sketches) 1
Cabinet photographs 1