J. Willcox Brown and Turner Macfarland Letters

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MS 00083

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Contains bound letterbooks. The first contains letters written by J. Willcox Brown to Ellen Turner Macfarland. The second contains her letters back to him.

Dates

Creation: 1828-1867

Creator

Brown, John Willcox, 1833-1914 (Person)

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Conditions Governing Use:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Biographical Information:

John Willcox Brown was the son of John Thompson Brown and Mary Edloe (Willcox) Brown. He lived in Petersburg, Va. until 1869 when he moved to Baltimore, Md. He had served in the Confederate Army and was a lt. col of artillery. He married Ellen Turner Macfarland of Richmond in 1867. He was a banker and stock broker with the firm of Brown and Lowndes.

Extent

1.00 Linear Feet (1 century boc) : 2 bound volumes of correspondence.

Additional Description

Acquisition Information:

Donated to William & Mary Libraries on behalf of Greta Brown Layton by her children.

Related Materials:

Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers, 1790- 1929, (I) Mss. 65 B 85

Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers, 1791- 1920, (II) Mss. 65 B 855

Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers, 1838- 1964, (III) Mss. 65 B 8555