Box 3
Container
Contains 4 Results:
Correspondence, 1876 November 27 - 1878 April 23
File — Box: 3, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The family papers of Corie Lynn Dorset Rivers include over 140 separate letters and other manuscript documents handed down to Rivers by her mother, Corie Lynn Slater Dorset. This collection includes papers written by several generation of Williamsburg, Virginia residents, including Lucy Ludwell Paradise; James and Louisa Bellett Lee and family; and Virginia Lee and Parkes Slater and family.Series One consists of the oldest item in this collection, a ledger or commonplace book...
Dates:
1876 November 27 - 1878 April 23
Evie to Cordelia Slater, 1876 November 27
Item — Box: 3, Folder: 6, Item: 1
Scope and Contents
A letter, dated November 27, 1876, from [Evie Gray] to “Ma Chère Amie,” presumably Cordelia Slater. Evie gives news from college in Farmville, including an account of a sore throat epidemic that has made many of the women sick.
Dates:
1876 November 27
Emma to Cordelia Slater, 1876 December 31
Item — Box: 3, Folder: 6, Item: 2
Scope and Contents
A letter, dated December 31, 1876, from “Emma” to Cordelia Slater. Emma provides news of friends.
Dates:
1876 December 31
Bland Taliaferro Thank You Letter, 1878 April 23
Item — Box: 3, Folder: 6, Item: 3
Scope and Contents
A thank you note, dated April 23, 1878, from Bland Taliaferro to her students, expressing gratitude for a “beautiful present.”
Dates:
1878 April 23