Box 1
Container
Contains 3 Results:
Robert Saunders at Williamsburg to his wife Lucy at Taylorville, Hanover County, 1862 September 12
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: id24371
Scope and Contents
Writes of the excessive heat in Williamsburg.
Dates:
1862 September 12
Robert Saunders at Richmond to his wife Lucy, 1862 November 16
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: id24372
Scope and Contents
Suffering from a “hurt.” Responds to Lucy’s concerns. Explains reasons for going to Richmond are to find work to support family. Thankful children are helping out. Never doubted their devotion. Desperate for work. Looking for employment within Confederate government. Not optimistic about his prospects.
Dates:
1862 November 16
Folder 6
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: id24370
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of 66 letters written by Robert Saunders of Williamsburg, Virginia to his wife Lucy Burwell Saunders (60 letters) and his daughters Lucy Page Saunders (three letters) and Roberta P. Saunders (two2 letters) from 1829-1867. There is also a letter written on May 4, 1847 to Overton Bernard, the father of College of William and Mary student Jesse Talbot Bernard.
Dates:
1829-1867