Scope and Contents A letter, dated January 22, 1834, from John Page addressed to Edwin A. Teagle, Esquire, in Williamsburg, Virginia. Page apologizes for not responding sooner. He writes, “The violence of Party Spirit, I believe, has alienated some of my friends from me, and ill health has alienated me in a great measure from the world, but as long as I breathe I shall desire the friendship of the good and shall grieve to lose the regard of those I once esteemed, whilst I trust my conduct both in public and in...

Scope and Contents A letter, dated April 3, 1834, from Philip Ludwell Lee in Williamsburg, Virginia to his cousin Edwin A. Teagle in New York, New York. Lee expresses amazement that Edwin was in Baltimore but now in New York “with only a few dollars in your pocket. So the whole matter is a riddle to me.” Lee gives news of girls who are married and not and says of the girl he is seeing: “I am paying my addresses to Miss Mary Waller.” He adds postscript about a “very large and beautiful organ in the Episcopal...

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A letter, dated May 14, 1834, from James Lee, Williamsburg, Virginia, addressed to “Capt. Chapman” of the Steamboat P. Henry “off Jamestown Virginia.” Lee introduces to Chapman his wife, Louisa, and “little daughter,” Virginia, who are on their way to Norfolk.

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A letter, dated July 20, 1835, from James Lee, Williamsburg, Virginia, to Louisa Lee in Norfolk, Virginia. James informs Louisa that “except [for] occasional affections of the bowels” he has been in “pretty good health” since she has left. He mentions that “Louisa and Katy go off on Thursday next with their owners….” He promises to next write a letter to Virginia, his daughter.

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A letter, dated July 22, 1835, from James Lee in Williamsburg, Virginia, to his “dear Daughter,” presumably Virginia Lee, in Norfolk, Virginia. James gives news of family and friends and expresses his love for his daughter. He writes, “Aunt Louisa and Katy are going away tomorrow: they send their love to you and your mother, and bid you both farewell forever.” This news perhaps concerns enslaved individuals hired out by the Lee family.

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A “Two-Monthly Report” from “Ro. Saunders, Jr.,” secretary of the Society of William & Mary College, addressed to James Lee, Williamsburg, Virginia. Dated May 1, 1834. The signed statement indicates that James Lee’s son Philip L. Lee was attending “Junior Mathematical” and “Rhetorical” classes.