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Concerning yellow fever epidemic in Rio; business affairs; family news; plans for trip to Europe; response to A. Whittle reports the death of Dr. John Whittle while serving upon the Lexington; struck down by yellow fever while treating the crew for the same. October 13, 1850. Includes unsigned letter (from Norfolk?) to "my dear cousin," (A. Whittle?) 1850.

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Family news. (Misfiled for Adelaide Tyler Armstrong.)

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Date shown is only February 23. Concerning business and family news.

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Concerning life in Ireland and family affairs there. Includes letters of Grace Whittle, Conwaianna Whittle, Mary Ann Whittle, Frances Whittle, and Maria Whittle.

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Concerning family news.

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Concerning family news.

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News of family and friends; written on opposite sides of a "piece" by Horace (Horace Sams, husband of Grace L. Sams) entitled "We Live and Love."

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Concerning handling of his estate by Fortescue Whittle et. al. Several family letters concerning the same and other family matters; accounts; list of slaves.

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Scope and Contents Includes a list of claims concerning vessels seized by French and English with cargo owned by C. & F. Whittle, Norfolk, Virginia.

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Concerning family news; progress of Conway II's education; news of War of 1812; mentions mammy "Aggy" and her death "a more worthy benevolent good creature does not exist." ("My Dear Little Son" refers to Conway Whittle II, Liverpool, England.)

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"Brother" may refer to James Whittle, Liverpool, England. Also includes a letter from Conway Whittle I, to "My Dear Son," (Conway Whittle II, Liverpool, England). The content concerns family news; progress of Conway II's education. Stephen Decatur's operations in the Mediterranean and David Porter's Book on the Essex; (Bound for Battle: the Cruise of the United States Frigate Essex in the War of 1812); William Lewis and B.F. Neale, Whittle's sons-in-law.

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License to practice law signed by Spencer Roane, William H. Cabell, and Francis Brooke.

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Commonplace book of history, law notes and poems kept while attending William and Mary.

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Constitution of a debating society organized by junior members of the bar and law students at Conway Whittle's office in Norfolk. Undated. Notes on a debate, July 20, 1822.

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Diploma of his studies at Dublin University, Ireland (in Latin, translation included).

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Insurance policies.

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Investments, six bond/stock certificates including stock certificates for Dismal Swamp Canal Co. and certificates for bank stock and a Confederate bond; 1 cheque; one list of stocks and bonds.

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Log book of a cruise on the U.S.S. Constellation.

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Miscellaneous papers; receipts for taxes; bills; report on C. Whittle for William and Mary College; letter to Whittle from secretary of Board of Trustees of "Chesapeake Female College" arbitration of dispute between Benjamin E. Payne and James R. Hubard.

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Cetificate of Odd Fellows membership.

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One document (1842) signed by President John Tyler; one document (1830) signed by President Andrew Jackson (lacks Jackson's surname); four other miscellaneous documents; two in English and two in Spanish. Includes appointments, 1830 and 1842, of Conway Whittle II as Collector of Customs for Norfolk and Portsmouth signed by Andrew Jackson and John Tyler; and instructions to Whittle from Treasury Department concerning tariff on steek and iron. See also Norfolk--Customs House papers.

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These papers discuss the controversy over an appointment to the post of Whittle's secretary and assistant collector of customs in Norfolk.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers of Conway Whittle II of Norfolk, Va. and of his two sisters, Mary Eliza Whittle Neale and Frances Munford Whittle Lewis. There are items concerning the earlier generation of the family, represented by Conway Whittle I and his brother Fortescue Whittle, Norfolk merchants. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of social history and naval history (including personal and official correspondence of William Lewis [1781-1815] and several letters of his...