Dew, Thomas R. (Thomas Roderick), 1802-1846
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Dew Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 D51
Scope and Contents
Papers, 1794-1895, of the Dew family. Mostly correspondence of Thomas Roderick Dew, faculty member and president of the College of William and Mary and his brother Benjamin Franklin Dew, a lawyer of Newtown, King and Queen County, Va. Correspondents include William Boulware, Edward Everett, and Andrew Stevenson. Includes documents, 1838-1858, relating to Thomas Roderick Dew's estate such as his will, inventories of personal property, court degrees, and accounts....
Dates:
1794-1895
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
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center