Box 1
Container
Contains 4 Results:
Correspondence, 1872-1888
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
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:
1872-1888
John Cabell Breckinridge, Lexington, Kentucky, to George Frederick Holmes, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., 1872 January 24
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15, Object: 1
Identifier: id143528
Scope and Contents
Accepts Holmes' offer of his home as a place of residence during Breckinridge's upcoming commencement address at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.; discusses his latest railroad project.
Dates:
1872 January 24
Charles Minnigerode, Richmond, Va., to George Frederick Holmes, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., 1887 February 3
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15, Object: 3
Identifier: id143530
Scope and Contents
Comments on newspaper articles unfavorable to both Holmes and Minnigerode; notes that one of the articles quoted Holmes as saying "I have learning enough for 3 men in this country."
Dates:
1887 February 3
Edward Warren, Paris, France, to William Howard Perkinson, 1888 May 9
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15, Object: 4
Identifier: id143531
Scope and Contents
Requests certain testimonials; comments on a carriage accident that confined him to bed; expresses his bitterness over his "defeat at the University"; discusses his book and its success.
Dates:
1888 May 9