Blair, Banister, Braxton, Horner, Whiting Papers
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Scope and Contents
Letters, chiefly 1765-1817, of the Blair, Banister, Braxton, Horner, and Whiting families. Correspondents include John Blair (1732-1800), Anne (Blair) Banister and Mary (Blair) Braxton Burwell Prescott. Many of the letters are written by women.
Subjects covered in the collection include the Baron de Botetourt, William Tryon, Martha Washington, dueling, social life and customs, marriage and courtship, medicine, the Richmond theater fire, slavery, War of 1812, the College of William and Mary, and Williamsburg, Virginia.
Blair, Banister, Braxton, Horner, Whiting Papers are available on 1 reel of microfilm in Swem Library’s microforms area call number CS71 .B645 B53
Dates
- Creation: 1760-1890
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1765-1817
Creator
- Blair family (Family)
- Banister, Anne Blair (Person)
- Bannister family (Family)
- Braxton family (Family)
- Horner family (Family)
- Prescott, Mary Blair Braxton Burwell (Person)
- Whiting family (Family)
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.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Physical Characteristics or Technical Requirements:
Use of microfilm only. When available, microfilm, photocopies, digital surrogates, or other reproductions must be used in place of original documents.
Processing Information:
Processed by Sheryl Brown in 1988.
Subject
- Botetourt, Norborne Berkeley, Baron de, ca. 1718-1770 (Person)
- Tryon, William, 1729-1788 (Person)
- Washington, Martha, 1731-1802 (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Williamsburg (Va.)--Colonial Period--History
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--18th century
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century
Topical
- College of William and Mary--History--18th century
- Courtship--Virginia--History
- Dueling--Virginia
- Marriage--Virginia
- Medicine--Virginia--History--18th century
- Richmond (Va.)--History--Theater disaster, 1811
- Slavery--Virginia--History--18th century
- Slavery--Virginia--History--19th century
- United States--History--War of 1812
- Title
- Guide to the Blair, Banister, Braxton, Horner, Whiting Papers
- Author
- Sheryl Brown.
- Date
- 2007-08-10
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository