Box 1
Container
Contains 4 Results:
Correspondence, 1849-1850
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
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:
1849-1850
A.G. Ellis, Oxford, Mississippi, to George Frederick Holmes, Sweet Springs, Va., 1849 August 18
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11, Object: 1
Identifier: id143342
Scope and Contents
Expresses his opinion that Holmes' return to Virginia will be beneficial; advises Holmes that he is packing Holmes' books and possessions to send to him in Virginia.
Dates:
1849 August 18
George Frederick Holmes, Burke's Garden, Va., to Governor John Buchanan Floyd, Richmond, Va., 1850 April 20
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11, Object: 2
Identifier: id143344
Scope and Contents
Comments on the prospects of obtaining his remaining salary from Mississippi; asks about the possibility of being commissioned as a Bearer of Dispatches so that he may go to England to visit his family; mentions a plan for writing a history of the Indian War; notes the poor state of affairs at the College of William and Mary and the impact of the "d----d foreigners" upon the College.
Dates:
1850 April 20
An envelope in Holmes' handwriting addressed to His Excellency Governor J.B. Floyd, Richmond, Va., undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11, Object: 3
Identifier: id143345
Scope and Contents
The cover is dated simply as April 13.
Dates:
undated