Robert Saunders Letters
Collection
Identifier: MS 00270
This collection consists of 66 letters written by Robert Saunders of Williamsburg, Virginia to his wife Lucy Burwell Saunders (60 letters) and his daughters Lucy Page Saunders (three letters) and Roberta P. Saunders (two2 letters) from 1829-1867. There is also a letter written on May 4, 1847 to Overton Bernard, the father of College of William and Mary student Jesse Talbot Bernard.
English
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Robert Saunders was born January 25, 1805 in Williamsburg, Virginia. He attended the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia. Saunders served as professor of mathematics at William and Mary from 1833 to 1848 and was president of the college 1847-1848. He was a captain in the Confederate States Army, head of Eastern State Hospital, mayor of Willamsburg, vestryman of Bruton Parish and served in the Virginia State Senate. Saunders married Lucy Burwell Page in 1828 and had, among other children, Roberta Saunders and Robert Page Saunders. He died 11 September 1868. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .
0.25 Linear Feet
The correspondence is arranged chronologically.
Mss. Acc. 2007.109. A portion of this collection was previously part of the University Archives Faculty-Alumni File Collection. It was rehoused 1/21/10.
Gift.
65 items.
Addition to this collection accessioned and minimally processed by Mindy Gipson, SCRC volunteer, in January 2010.
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository