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Box 1

 Container

Contains 4 Results:

Correspondence

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id104668
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letters, chiefly 1862-1865, written by Nathaniel Venable Watkins to his wife Nancy Daniel Watkins. During the Civil War, Watkins served with Co. H, 4th Virginia Heavy Artillery, which became part of the 34th Virginia Infantry Regiment. Watkins appeared to have saw little combat, spending much of his time in defensive positions guarding artillery batteries. His unit was stationed at Gloucester Point (during the Peninsular Campaign), near Richmond (Chaffin's Bluff) and near Petersburg. His...
Dates: 1846-1889; Majority of material found in 1862-1865

C. A. Watkins, Richmond Bay County, Missouri, to his cousin, Richard H. Watkins, Prince Edward Court House, Virginia, 1852 February 20

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id104671
Scope and Contents

Asks cousin if he will act as agent for their joint property in Virginia; encloses ten dollars for taxes on this property; tells of wave of immigration to California and Oregon; inquires about prices of negro boys and girls in Virginia; states the price in Missouri; and says this it is too high there.

Dates: 1852 February 20

Nathaniel V. Watkins, University of Virginia, to his brother, Richard Watkins, 1852 October 4

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id104673
Scope and Contents

Tells of his arrival at the University, his course load and his lodgings, including his roommate, Mr. Tallaferro (?) of Tidewater; relates his impressions of the University and surrounding area; asks that his family write to him.

Dates: 1852 October 4

Richard Watkins, Prince Edward Court House, Virginia, to Nathaniel V. Watkins, 1852 December 28

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id104676
Scope and Contents

Describes, rather disparingly, Christmas season in Prince Edward Court House; gives various items of family news; encourages Nathaniel to perservere in his studies at the University of Virginia; explains that Nathaniel has better future prospects than he does.

Dates: 1852 December 28