Box 1
Container
Contains 3 Results:
Correspondence, 1856 May-August
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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:
1856 May-August
George Fitzhugh, Port Royal, Va., to George Frederick Holmes, 1856 May 10
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12, Object: 1
Identifier: id143346
Scope and Contents
Advises Holmes on the possibilities of his appointment to the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.]; thinks Holmes' chances are good.
Dates:
1856 May 10
Robert Saunders, Williamsburg, Va., to George Frederick Holmes, 1856 August 19
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12, Object: 2
Identifier: id143348
Scope and Contents
States that the election of professors was postponed until September and "a later period", discusses a letter of recommendation for Holmes; comments on "an obituary of a poor old Judge Christian" and family news.
Dates:
1856 August 19