Box 13
Contains 22 Results:
Whittle, James D. Jr., Shrewsbury and Liverpool, England, to Conway Whittle II, Liverpool, England and Dublin, Ireland, 1816 March 10-1818 April 16
Concerning school friends; James' teaching duties; Mr. Cobbett's political views; student quarrels and mischief; death of Aunt Frances (in England); political events in England and Ireland; general social news.
Whittle, James D. Jr., Liverpool and London, England and Dublin, Ireland, to Conway Whittle II, Castle Upton; Belfast; and Norfolk, Virginia, 1818 July 31-1828 July 9
Concerning political situation in England and Ireland; death of the King; assassination of Duke de Bern; dissolution of Parliament; radical reaction throughout England; comparison of Irish and American customs, traditions; relatives' travels and business affairs; general social and family news. Included letter to Mrs. Frances M. Lewis, Castle Upton, Belfast, Ireland.
Whittle, James M., Richmond and Pittsylvannia Court House, Chatham, Virginia, to family, 1844 January 19, 1880 May 20
Whittle, John Jr., Belfast, Ireland and Liverpool, England to Coway Whittle II, Norfolk, Virginia, 1822 February 26, circa 1829 May 26
Concerning suspension of Habeus Corpus; insurrection act introduction in legislature; hardships existing in Ireland; Shaw's (Whittle?) return from South America; young James Whittle's death; general social, church and family news; political views.
Whittle, John S., Charleston, South Carolina, to Lewis N. Whittle, Macon, Georgia, 1845 January 16
Concerning arrival in Savannah; recent personal problems; reflections on terminating naval career; concern for immediate family.
Whittle, Lewis N., Macon, Georgia, to Mrs. Mary Neale, Mrs. F. M. Lewis, and Mr. Conway Whittle II, circa 1850-1862
Coming of Civil War in Georgia; outbreak of the Civil War; military matters; family affairs. Birth of premature child. Includes two telegrams.
Whittle, Lewis N., Muckamore Lodge, Ireland, to Mrs. Mary Neale, Mrs. Frances M. Lewis and Conway Whittle II, Norfolk, Virginia, 1835 December 13
Concerning the death of Maria's father.
Whittle, M.D., Norfolk, Virginia, to Mrs. Frances M. Lewis, 1858 February 19
Concerning family news; possible sale of "Milbank," Mecklenburg County, Virginia; health and well-being of immediate family.
Whittle, Maria West, Castle Upton, Ireland, to Mrs. Mary Neale, Mrs. Frances M. Lewis, Mrs. John Whittle and Mr. John Lynch, Dublin, Ireland, circa 1829 January 19
(A "round-robin" letter written by "Conwananna", Caroline Ogg Whittle, Frances M. Whittle, and Maria W. Whittle). Concerning family news.
Whittle, Mary (Miss), Sweet Springs, to Cloe Whittle, Norfolk, Virginia, Undated
Date is shown only as August 20. Describes travels.
Whittle, Mrs. Mary, Liverpool, England and Westport, to Conway Whittle II and Mrs. Mary W. Neale, Belfast; Dublin and Norfolk, Virginia, 1817 August 31-1830 September 7
Concerning education; life in England and Ireland; family news from abroad.
Whittle, Mary Ann (Davies) Millbank, Whittle's Mill, Virginia and Louisville, Kentucky, to niece Mrs. Frances M. Lewis, Norfolk, Virginia and son Mr. Lewis Neale Whittle, Macon, Georgia, 1841 July 11-1867 August 6
Concerning family news; queries as to Virginia friends' health and well being; Lewis' trusteeship at a Tennessee college; adjustment to Kentucky.
Whittle, Mary Ann D., Naval Hospital; Pocahontas; Long Branch; Milbank; and Berryville, to brother Lewis N. Whittle, Macon, Georgia, and cousin Mrs. Frances M. Lewis, (Norfolk?), circa 1839-1852 April 12
Includes letter of Fortescue Whittle and Mary Ann (Davies) Whittle. Concerning family news; travel plans; school experiences; agricultural fair in Richmond; marriages and illnesses of family and friends; church news; Francis' Whittle ministry; general social reports.
Whittle, Molly, Norfolk, Virginia and Millbank, to Lewis N. Whittle, Forsyth and Macon, Georgia, 1839 June 29-1854 September 21
(Molly Whittle, i.e., Mary Ann D. Whittle.) Content concerns life in Virginia; Episcopal Church news and conventions; Mr. Taliferro's lecture; death of sister Cornelia; educational plans of various relatives; recent travels; general social and family news.
Whittle, Nannie R., Windsor, to her brother, 1871 November 4
Re: burning of her house; family affairs.
Whittle, Powhatan B., to Lewis N. Whittle, 1852-1858
Re: deaths of Cornelia Whittle, Lewis's son Conway, and Fortescue Whittle; sale of property.
Whittle, Stephen Decatur, to Lewis N. Whittle, circa 1841-1858
Re: impressions of Georgia; Virginia. Constitutional Convention of 1850-1; family affairs.
Whittle, Sallie T., to cousins, 1865-1867
Re: troubles of South after the Civil War; her Baltimore connections; death of Mr. Sams; family matters.
Whittle, Sarah M. (Powers) to Mrs. Neale and Mrs. Lewis, 1844-1855
Concerning views about slavery and her fear of it; does not want the responsibility of having slaves, but "it might be a sin to free these helpless creatures" grief at death of her daughter, Narcissa; her visits to Washington; calling on President Polk; impressions of the Capitol; Daniel Webster; Episcopal Church matters; family affairs; yellow fever epidemic. Includes letter of Lewis N. Whittle.
Whittle, William C., to Mrs. Frances M. Lewis, 1829-1868
Concerning naval matters; Vera Cruz; Paraguay expedition; Moncure Robinson; need to strengthen Navy and U.S. interests in Central America, Cuba, etc; death of his brother, John S. Whittle; action of the naval board; approach of the Civil War and trying to join Confederate Navy; Matthew Maury; Episcopal Church affairs; other family news. Includes letter of Elizabeth J. Sinclair Whittle. Folder 1 of 2.
Whittle, William C., to Mrs. Frances M. Lewis, 1829-1868
Son of William Conway Whittle, Jr.'s post Civil War career; what his children are doing; transatlantic cable. Several incomplete. Folder 2 of 2.