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Box 1

 Container

Contains 33 Results:

John N. Shields, 1855

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Identifier: id293709
Scope and Contents

Letters center on Washington's servant [slave] Bella, including her running away, her health (specifically mentioning "diseased womb") and cost of hire.

Dates: 1855

Morgan J. Smead, 1850, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Identifier: id293711
Scope and Contents

William and Mary business.

Dates: 1850, undated

Thomas B. Smith (for R. H. Smith), 1853-1854

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Identifier: id293713
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Arranged alphabetically by writer/sender.

Dates: 1853-1854

William Tayloe, 1850, 1853-1854

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Identifier: id293715
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Arranged alphabetically by writer/sender.

Dates: 1850, 1853-1854

Taylor and Maury Booksellers, 1853

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Identifier: id293717
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Arranged alphabetically by writer/sender.

Dates: 1853

Tazewell Taylor, 1850, 1852, 1857

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Identifier: id293719
Scope and Contents

William and Mary business, including acknowledgement of Taylor's election as Bursar.

Dates: 1850, 1852, 1857

Silas Totten, 1849-1850

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Identifier: id293721
Scope and Contents

William and Mary business.

Dates: 1849-1850

John Randolph Tucker, 1852, 1854-1855

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Identifier: id293723
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Arranged alphabetically by writer/sender.

Dates: 1852, 1854-1855

Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington (wife), 1855, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Identifier: id293725
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Arranged alphabetically by writer/sender.

Dates: 1855, undated

Elizabeth "Bettie" Washington (sister), 1849-1850

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Identifier: id293727
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Arranged alphabetically by writer/sender.

Dates: 1849-1850

George Washington (brother), 1849-1855, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Identifier: id293729
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Arranged alphabetically by writer/sender.

Dates: 1849-1855, undated

John T. Washington (brother), 1849-1850

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Identifier: id293731
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Arranged alphabetically by writer/sender.

Dates: 1849-1850

Lawrence Washington (father), 1840, 1846, 1849

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
Identifier: id293733
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Arranged alphabetically by writer/sender.

Dates: 1840, 1846, 1849

Lawrence Washington (father), 1850

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
Identifier: id293735
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Arranged alphabetically by writer/sender.

Dates: 1850

Lawrence Washington (father), 1852-1853

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Identifier: id293737
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Arranged alphabetically by writer/sender.

Dates: 1852-1853

Lawrence Washington (father), 1854-1855

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 31
Identifier: id293739
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Arranged alphabetically by writer/sender.

Dates: 1854-1855

Lawrence Washington (father), 1856-1857, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 32
Identifier: id293741
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Arranged alphabetically by writer/sender.

Dates: 1856-1857, undated

Lloyd Washington (brother), 11 December 1856

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 33
Identifier: id293743
Scope and Contents

Lawrence Washington (father) added to Lloyd's letter.

Dates: 11 December 1856

D. Appleton, 1849, 1851-1853, 1855, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id293679
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Arranged alphabetically by writer/sender.

Dates: 1849, 1851-1853, 1855, undated

John B. Christian, 1848-1850, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id293681
Scope and Contents

Christian was a member of the College of William and Mary's Board of Visitors. One letter notifies Washington of his election as Professor of History and Political Economy at William and Mary. Another letter refers to William and Mary business, including Board of Visitors meetings, the resignation of the Bursar in 1850, and textbooks used by Thomas Dew in his classes.

Dates: 1848-1850, undated

John M. Daniel, 1848-1851, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id293683
Scope and Contents

A letter from 1849 mentions a rumor about there being only 12 students at William and Mary; an undated letter provides a detailed description of a duel fought by Daniel and [?] Johnston, including his traveling to Georgetown under an assumed name.

Dates: 1848-1851, undated

Benjamin Ewell, 1850-1851, 1853

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: id293685
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Arranged alphabetically by writer/sender.

Dates: 1850-1851, 1853

Farmers Bank of Virginia, 1850, 1851

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: id293687
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Arranged alphabetically by writer/sender.

Dates: 1850, 1851

William H. Fitzhugh, Jr., 1851-1852

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: id293689
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Arranged alphabetically by writer/sender.

Dates: 1851-1852

John Johns, 1850-1855, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: id293691
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Arranged alphabetically by writer/sender.

Dates: 1850-1855, undated