Elianna Southall Letter to Robert Anderson
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Scope and Contents
Letter from Elianna M. J. Southall of Baltimore, Maryland, to her father (Papa), Robert Anderson in Richmond, Virginia. She requests money for guitar lessons from a Spanish teacher and mentions that she is attending medical classes at school. Writes about the lack of men at William and Mary where “only four students at Commencement” and proposed the college move to Richmond. November 9, 1833. The Anderson and Southall Families are from Williamsburg, Virginia. Includes letter from Dr. Pomfret to Dr. Swem about the provenance of the letter, April 25, 1944.
Dates
- Creation: 1833 November 9
Creator
- Southall, Elianna Anderson (Person)
Language of Materials
English
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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.
Extent
0.01 Linear Foot
Acquisition Information:
Gift from an unknown William and Mary Student via Dr. Pomfret.
- Title
- Guide to the Elianna Southall Letter to Robert Anderson
- Date
- 2017-02-08
- 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