Scope and Contents From the Collection: Professional and personal papers; 1745-1892; of the Galt family of Williamsburg, Virginia. Papers primarily concern the Galt family's work at the Eastern State Hospital, including apothecary shop daybooks, account books, medical daybooks, clinical notebooks, weather diaries, commonplace books, reports, medical notes, lecture notes, correspondence, and other. The personal papers consist of diaries, letters, scrapbooks, school notes, financial papers, memoirs, and other material....

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Thanks him for the gift, which he fears is too valuable to accept from a friend.

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Asks to borrow "Bacon's Rebellion." Has been ill.

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Orders some Ede's essence Verbena, Florida Water, and Lavender Water.

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Finds the bust a perfect resemblance, and sends a poem on it.

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The letter is addressed to "Zene". Sends her the lines written on the death of Belle and describes her death.

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Thanks him for the package of books and London papers. Spends the time "wrested from sickness" in helping John by making pens, sealing, transcribing, and correcting proofs. Describes some of their new books. Williamsburg seldom changes, but she can see one improvement from her window- "a broad gravel walk from our house round to the street: a consideration where the streets are guiltless of pavement."

Scope and Contents Thanks him for the books, which were the ones she was just ready to order. For seven years has been so sick that she is "as stationary as any article of household furniture." Henry Howe was there last week collecting materi for a history of Virginia, and Sally gave him a picture of the Old Capitol and one of the old stone ruin in James City County "which has the appearance of having been a place of defence, having loopholes and c." He asked John to prepare a historical sketch of the...

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Appreciates Mrs. Gatewood's offer to make Lissie Williamson's and Sally Galt's dresses, but does not want her to go to the trouble when she is not well. Asks her to have Gabriel Williamson bring a box up with him.

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Thanks him for his gift, "the greatest wonder of the vegetable kingdom ever seen here."

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They expect her in May. It is unlikely that Sally and Marianna will go with John to the Medical Convention, for he is planning on going to Niagara and into Canada. [Note: While this letter is unsigned, and addressed to Mrs. Dr. Alexander D. Galt, c/o Dr. J.M. Galt, Williamsburg, the handwriting and contents show it to be from Elizabeth J. Galt to one of the Lamberts in Richmond.]

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Returns the essays to him and expresses her disappointment that the promise of the thesis could not be fulfilled.

Scope and Contents The recipient's former neighbors, the Saunders, have a house full of guests. Discusses the recent weddings of Harriet Edloe to Mr. Lamb, Etta to Mr. Tinker, and Anna Wilson to Mr. Donnan. The latter two were performed by the Rev. Mr. Withers, the Chaplain of the Asylum, who boards with Mrs. Edloe. "The 'Taskers' from Phillidelphia are conducting the Springs in the ravine by the Asylum throughout the whole building." The Female Academy has 51 students, and the male has 50. Mr. Ford is the...

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Often thinks of the recipient and her dead loved one.

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Sends her some "fresh trifles", and inquires about Mrs. Saunders' health.

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Knows her to be an admirer of Miss Waterman, the postess, and informs her of the projected subscription publication of her poems.

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Orders various kinds of paper and some sealing wax. Her brother will pick them up and pay the bill.

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Often thinks of them in their summer home.

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Is pleased that she and "the little ones" are pleasantly situated for the summer, and that Barbara Page is off her crutches. Describes Sally and John weighing hailstones, and making other weather calculations for Professor Espy. [Note: On reverse is a letter, Elizabeth J. Galt to [?], praising his review of the 1842 Report of the Eastern Asylum in the "Churchman," and correcting two typographical errors in the article.]

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Returns the handkerchiefs. Marianna could probably have marked them better, as Elizabeth's hands were trembling with weakness, and it is always hard to write on fine silk. Sends a wish for Mr. Harrison and "his Chosen One."

Scope and Contents Sally has gone to Richmond and can spend the whole summer as John and her mother are well and the writer is "never sick enough to require attention, and is always too much occupied to require amusement..." Discusses Dr. Hawkes' refusal to take the appointment. Mr. Minnigerode and Robert Christian are in the mountains. Discusses Miss Ferrier's books, and her rationalization for reading novels. The Millingtons wanted to take Sally to Philadelphia with them. Landon C. Garland has accepted a...

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Thanks her for the books and asks her to congratulate Robert on his "Chosen One." [Tyler?]

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Returns one book and will return the others soon. They "always keep a cover on a book which is not our own." Sally's health has improved since the Convention.

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Sally plans to go to Richmond with Marianna Saunders and Beverley Botts to visit Peggy Blair. Asks them to buy some clothes and books.

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Received the package with the "plate-- 2 goblets, 2 tumblers, one waiter..." Discusses an embroidered dress for Sally. A student, a brother of Dr. Dudley, says they are considered heirs to an immense fortune that has been discussed in the English papers. Dr. Dudley's case of insanity is very sad, but his sweetheart says she will wait for him, or become "deranged" herself.