Tazewell, Littleton Waller, 1774-1860
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Account and History of the Tazewell Family
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ad1
Scope and Contents
Autobiography, 1823, written by Littleton Waller Tazewell entitiled "An Account and History of the Tazewell Family," which concerns his life and his family.
Typescript available.
There is an edited version by Lynda Rea Heaton as "Littleton Waller Tazewell's Sketch of His Own Family." (M.A. Thesis, College of William and Mary, 1967).
Dates:
1823
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Tazewell Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 00586
Scope and Contents
Papers, 1797-1850, of the Tazewell family. Includes letter, 1797, written by Samuel H. Smith to Henry Tazewell concerning his paper, The Universal Gazette and discussing foreign affairs; and letters, 1804-1850, written by Henry S. Foote and William Nelson, Jr. to Littleton Waller Tazewell; and one anonymous letter addressed to Tazewell and John Tyler (1790-1862) concerning army promotions.
Dates:
1797-1850
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Tazewell Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 92 T19
Scope and Contents
Papers; 1838-1979. Business records and letters of the Tazewell family of Norfolk, VA, chiefly of Gov. Littleton Waller Tazewell, John Nivison Tazewell, Sally A. Tazewell, Ella Wickham Tazewell and Louisa Nivison Tazewell. Includes are account balances, property inventory lists, stock and bond certificate lists, tax collection receipts, payment receipts and personal correspondence concerning a book about Littleton Waller Tazewell. Also includes are a newspaper article, 1978, about the...
Dates:
1838-1978; Majority of material found in 1860-1870
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
William Wirt Letters
Collection
Identifier: SC 00596
Scope and Contents
Letter from William Wirt, Williamsburg, [Virginia] to John Patterson, Clerk of Court, Mathews County, [Virginia], asking for the record in the case of William Armistead and Company vs Mildred Dixon, executix of Thomas Dixon, lest the appeals case be dismissed. April 12, 1806. Letter from William Wirt, Washington,, [D.C.] to Littleton Waller Tazewell, 26 September 1823, about the advantages of Washington [D.C.], New York City is "almost the only prosperous point in the Union," his...
Dates:
1806 April 12, 1823 September 26
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
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- United States--Politics and Government 2
- Virginia--Governors 2
- Account books 1
- American periodicals--Virginia--History 1
- Autobiographies 1
- Compromise of 1850 1
- Executors and administrators--Virginia 1
- Financial records 1
- Genealogy 1
- Mathews County (Va.)--History--19th century 1
- Mathews County (Va.). Court 1
- New York (N.Y.)--Economic conditions--19th century. 1
- Norfolk (Va.)--History--19th century 1
- Notebooks 1
- Practice of law--Virginia--History--19th century 1
- Receipts (financial records) 1
- United States. Army--Appointments, promotions, salaries, etc 1
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Washington (D.C.)--Description and travel 1 + ∧ less
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