Separated Materials
The following letters and papers were originally included in the Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Papers, but have been removed:
Letter from 'V. Jefferson Davis' (Varina Davis) at Beauvoir House, Beauvoir, Mississippi, to Benjamin S. Ewell at Williamsburg, Virginia. 1890 January 25. This letter acknowledges receipt of the resolutions passed by the citizens of Williamsburg and James City County on the death of Jefferson Davis. This item has been transferred to the Jefferson Davis Papers.
Letter from Sallie Munford at Williamsburg, Virginia, to Elizabeth Ewell. 1865 May 16. This item has been transferred to Virginia Cities - Williamsburg Papers (Folder 3).
Mason family data, undated. Transferred to Virginia genealogy, Mss. 39.4 G29.
Neale family data, undated. Transferred to Virginia genealogy, Mss. 39.4 G29.
Photograph of Malachi Gardner, carriage driver of Benjamin S. Ewell. Undated. As of 5/2016, this item has been transferred to the Portrait File: University Archives Photograph Collection, F and S, Gardiner, Malachi. 2 copies.
The letters below were transferred to the William and Mary College Papers:
Letter from Robert Nelson at Shanghai, China, to Benjamin S. Ewell at Williamsburg, Virginia. 1873 November 10. This item has been transferred to the William and Mary College Papers, folder 139.
Letter from F. N. Page at Shelby, Gloucester County, Virginia, to Professor Benjamin S. Ewell. 1849 April 18.
Letter from Charles F. Richardson at New York, to Col. Benjamin S. Ewell. 1877 March 9.
An act to establish a normal school at William and Mary College. 1888 March 19.
Resolution of the alumni association of William and Mary College, upon the death of Benjamin S. Ewell. 1894 October 1.
Two pages from a report of Benjamin S. Ewell as president of William and Mary College. Undated.
Page 17 of a report by Benjamin S. Ewell as president of William and Mary College. Undated. The report includes a quotation from an address by former president John Tyler to the alumni of William and Mary on the 166th Anniversary.
Page 19 of a paper concerning the establishment of a normal college. Undated.
Printed card containing information about William and Mary College. Undated.
Black certificate of proficiency. College of William and Mary Papers. Undated.
Braxton (Corbin) to Benjamin S. Ewell, at Buckland, Prince William County, Virginia Postmarked Richmond, Virginia, 1848 July 24
Burgess (B.J.), at Wilmington, North Carolina, to Benjamin S. Ewell, at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1878 November 2
Craik (James), at Louisville, Benjamin S. Ewell at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1876 September 2
Davies (Charles), at New York, to John Tyler, 1848 April 27. Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.
Ewell (Benjamin S.), at Washington, D.C., to Charles W. Porter, 1872 February 16
Ewell (Elizabeth) to Richard Ewell, 1858 July 9. (See William and Mary Papers, Folder 17, Item 3.)
Ewell (Elizabeth) to William Stoddert, 1858 July 22
Forest (Douglas F.), at Washington, D.C., to the President and Faculty of William and Mary College, 1879 March 26
Fulton (William), at Salisbury, Maryland, to Benjamin S. Ewell, 1872 July 29
Gilman (D. C.), at Baltimore, Maryland, to President Benjamin S. Ewell, 1887 May 28
Griffin (J. L. C.), at Sharon, Mississippi, to President Benjamin S. Ewell, 1855 January 12
Grisby (Hugh Blair), at Charlotte Court House, Virginia, to Benjamin S. Ewell, at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1868 January 2
Grisby (Hugh Blair), at Edgehill, to Col. Benjamin S. Ewell, at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1872 June 2
Hall (J. Lesslie), at Williamsburg, Virginia, to Mrs. Beverly Scott, at Ewell, James City County, Virginia, 1902 February 7
Hobson (Annie J. W.), at Richmond, to Col. Ewell, 1877 September 29
Hoge (Addison), at Oxford, Mississippi, to Col. B. S. Ewell, at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1888 May 18
Hough (M.), at Baltimore, to Elizabeth Ewell, daughter of Benjamin S. Ewell, 1859 February 9
Lee (J. F.), at Annapolis, to Col. Benjamin S. Ewell, 1868 January 23
McLane (Robert), at Washington, D.C., to John Tyler and the Board of Visitors of William and Mary College, Virginia, 1848 April 5. Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship. Transferred to William and Mary College Papers, folder 82, page 2, item 2m papers relating to the appointment of Benjamin S. Ewell to the chair of mathematics, 1848 April 5-27
Meade (William), at Millwood, Clarke County, Virginia, to Professor Ewell, at William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1849 March 18. Transferred to William and Mary College Papers, folder 99.
Munford (Maria), at Williamsburg, Virginia, to Elizabeth S. Ewell, 1859 October 30
Munford (Maria) to Elizabeth S. Ewell, undated
Smith (R. McF.), at Nashville, Tennessee, to Benjamin S. Ewell, at Ewell, Virginia, 1892 October 3. Original letter was transferred to the William and Mary College Papers, folder 127, page 5.
Sweet (Drew), at Waynesville, Ohio, to Col. Benjamin S. Ewell, at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1887 May 15
Turner (Harriot S.), at Washington, D.C., to Dr. [?] Wise, undated
Turner (Harriot S.) to Dr. Wise, undated
Watkins (F. N.), at Hampden Sidney College, to the Visitors of the William and Mary University, 1848 April 7. Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship.
West (Robert), at North East P.O., Cecil County, Maryland, to Benjamin S. Ewell, at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1866 April 8
Wyatt (Charles B.), at San Francisco, California, to Benjamin S. Ewell, at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1869 April 8
Letter from unknown person to Elizabeth Ewell, undated. Incomplete. Transferred to the William and Mary College Papers, folder 120.
Letter from R. McCandlish at Williamsburg, Virginia, to Benjamin S. Ewell at Washington College, Lexington, Virginia. Forwarded to Buckland, Prince William County. 1848 July 15.