Maria to Elizabeth Ewell Letter
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Scope and Contents
Letter, 1859 October 30, from someone named Maria to Elizabeth S. Ewell, daughter of College of William and Mary president Benjamin S. Ewell. In the letter, the author writes about life in Williamsburg, Virginia, the engagements of local men including professor Edwin Taliaferro to Bland Tucker, the Williamsburg Female Academy, and the loss of George T. Wilmer as rector of Bruton Parish Church.
Dates
- Creation: 1859 October 30
Creator
- Ewell, Elizabeth S., 1814- (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access:
Collection is open to all researchers.
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:
Extent
0.01 Linear Foot
Custodial History:
This letter was previously part of the College Papers Collection (UA 14).
Acquisition Information:
Acc. 2014.074 was received by Special Collections prior to 2007.
Physical Description
25 1/2cm x 20 1/2 cm
Processing Information:
Accessioned and minimally described by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in April 2014.
Subject
- Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) (Organization)
- Williamsburg Female Academy (Williamsburg, Va) (Organization)
- Taliaferro, Edwin (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Maria to Elizabeth Ewell Letter
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist.
- Date
- 2014-04-30
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The collection description/finding aid is written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository