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Box 2

 Container

Contains 17 Results:

Smith (C. F.), at West Point, New York, to Benjamin S. Ewell, 1838 November 14

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 17, Object: 1
Identifier: id181119
Scope and Contents

Letter of recommendation for Benjamin S. Ewell.

Dates: 1838 November 14

Smith (Francis H.), at Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, 1834 June 3

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 17, Object: 2
Identifier: id181122
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Letter recommending Benjamin S. Ewell for a professorship. Statement concerning Benjamin Ewell by Thomas H. Williamson on same sheet.

Dates: 1834 June 3

Smith (Francis H.), at Pikesville Arsenal, Maryland, to B. S. Ewell, at York, Pennsylvania, 1836 September 12

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 17, Object: 3
Identifier: id181125
Scope and Contents

Has heard rumors that he has resigned; is glad he resigned.

Dates: 1836 September 12

Smith (Francis H.), at Hampden Sidney College, Prince Edward Court House, Virginia, to Benjamin S. Ewell, at Buckland, Prince William County, Virginia, 1839 June 3

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 17, Object: 4
Identifier: id181127
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Informs him of a job at Hampden Sidney; has been offered a job at VMI.

Dates: 1839 June 3

Smith (Francis H.), at Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, to Colonel Benjamin S. Ewell, at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1878 January 31

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 17, Object: 5
Identifier: id181129
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Has been carrying Madison for years; has employed Dr. John Graham as surgeon.

Dates: 1878 January 31

Smith (James P.), at White Sulphur Springs, to Elizabeth Ewell, daughter of Benjamin S. Ewell, 1865 November 30

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 17, Object: 6
Identifier: id181133
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Asks her to write; will travel to Richmond.

Dates: 1865 November 30

Smithsonian Institution at Washington, D.C., to Benjamin S. Ewell, at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1876 May 17

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 17, Object: 8
Identifier: id181137
Scope and Contents

Acknowledges receipt of his photograph. (The author is Joseph Henry of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.)

Dates: 1876 May 17

Society of Science, Letters and Art of London, to Benjamin S. Ewell, [?] June 30

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 17, Object: 9
Identifier: id181141
Scope and Contents

Invitation to become a member of the society. (The author is Henry V. Goold of the Society of Science, Letters and Art, of London, England.)

Dates: [?] June 30

Southern Historical Society, at Richmond, Virginia, to B. S. Ewell, at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1877 September 6

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 17, Object: 10
Identifier: id181142
Scope and Contents

Would like to publish General Ewell’s report of Gettysburg, but it has already been published; will be publishing a series of papers on Gettysburg. The author is J. William Jones of the Southern Historical Society.]

Dates: 1877 September 6

Stoddert (H.), at St. Louis, to Elizabeth [?], [1865?] April 23

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 17, Object: 11
Identifier: id181144
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News of the family; tells her to take anything of his that she needs.

Dates: [1865?] April 23

Stoddert (M. I. S.), at Jackson, Tennessee, to Thomas Ewell, at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1846 December 20

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 17, Object: 12
Identifier: id181147
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Mrs. Caruthers [?] received the power of attourney; decribes the local girls.

Dates: 1846 December 20

Stoddert (M. I. S.), at Jackson, Tennessee, to Thomas Ewell, at Tampico, Mexico, 1847 January 5

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 17, Object: 13
Identifier: id181149
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Mr. Caruthens [?]) has received the amount; family news; has had an earthquake; Uncle Henry’s negroes were sold.

Dates: 1847 January 5

Stoddert (Mrs. M. I. S.), at Jackson, to her sister, [?], [?] March 24

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 17, Object: 14
Identifier: id181151
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Lucy has been sick; comments on death of Ann’s mother; Rrebecca is going to Washington; Mary Jane is doing well in school.

Dates: [?] March 24

Stoddert (Mrs. M. I. S.), at Jackson, to Rebecca Ewell, [?] October 14

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 17, Object: 15
Identifier: id181152
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Has had a headache attack; asks her to visit.

Dates: [?] October 14

Stoddert (Richard), at Charleston, Illinois, to B. S. Ewell, 1875 June 7

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 17, Object: 16
Identifier: id181154
Scope and Contents

Stoddert family genealogy information.

Dates: 1875 June 7

Letters, Smith, C.-Stoddert, R. , 1834-1892, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 1 includes letters arranged alpabetically by writer. A uniform entry has been adopted for each name, and persons of the same name have been identified and distinguished from each other by indicating their relationship to Benjamin S. Ewell or other persons. For example, the entry Brown (Harriot S.) is used for letters signed H. S. Brown and Hattie, and the entry Ewell (Elizabeth), daughter of Benjamin S. Ewell, is used for letters signed Lizzy Ewell or simply Lizzy.

Dates: 1834-1892, undated

Smith (R. McF.), at Nashville, Tennessee, to Benjamin S. Ewell, at Ewell, Virginia, 1892 October 3

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 17, Object: 7
Identifier: id181135
Scope and Contents

Typed transcription. Original letter is located in the Office of the President, Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Records, Box 2, Folder 4.

Dates: 1892 October 3