Box 1
Container
Contains 3 Results:
Correspondence, 1790-1793
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers of the Holmes family. Chiefly letters, 1842-1887, received by George Frederick Holmes, educator, concerning the College of William and Mary, the University of Mississippi, and the University of Virginia. Correspondents include William Campbell Preston, Andrew Steele Fulton, Robert Saunders and Charles Minnigerode. The collection also includes papers of the Floyd and Preston families; an album kept by Eliza Lavalette Floyd Holmes consisting of plant leaves, newspapers and memorials...
Dates:
1790-1793
John Preston to his brother Franky (Francis Preston), Smithfield, Va. , 1790 June 24
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Object: 1
Identifier: id142959
Scope and Contents
Comments on leaving his purse at home and asks Francis to retrieve it and bring it to Botetourt Co., Va.; and discusses his trip, notes that there have been no accidents.
Dates:
1790 June 24
John Preston to his brother Franky (Francis Preston), Abington, Va. , 1793 April 22
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Object: 2
Identifier: id142960
Scope and Contents
Discusses Francis' plan to sell a portion of his land known as "mouth of Kentucky", and informs Francis of a letter from "the governor" regarding a memorial battle for General William Campbell in which Francis is to participate.
Dates:
1793 April 22