Saunders, Robert, 1805-1868
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Phillip H. Jones to Lawrence Washington Letter
Collection
Identifier: SC 00483
Content Description
4 page letter from Phillip Jones to Lawrence Washington dated March 16, 1849 from Louisa Courthouse, Virginia. Jones writes to his fellow William and Mary graduate located in Westmoreland Cort House, Virginia about an inquiry about familial ties to Henry A. Washington, Professor of Political Economy at the College of William and Mary. Jones continues in his letter to confess that he was a student at William and Mary some forty years earlier when "Bishop Madison, St. George Tucker, and...
Dates:
1849-03-16
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Robert Saunders correspondence
Collection
Identifier: SC 01829
Content Description
A single four page letter from Robert Saunders, Jr., (Williamsburg, Virginia) to Robert C. Randolph, (Millwood, Clarke County, Virginia), dated 1847 January 15. The letter contains Saunders concerns of official college business at William & Mary including the vacancy of the chair of Belle Lettres and the election of a permanent president. Saunders also lists and discusses potential presidential candidates.
Dates:
1847 January 15
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center