Box 1
Contains 88 Results:
Letters, 1790-1865.
30 items.
Letters, 1873-1933.
25 items.
Letters, undated.
23 items.
Papers Concerning Estates, 1887-1925.
13 items. 2 letters.
Writings of Mrs. Lucy Page Saunders, 1872-1876 and the Writings of Miss Roberta Page Saunders, no date.
6 items.
William Nelson, Jr. York County, Virginia, to Robert Saunders, 2 March, 1790
2 pages on 1 leaf. Autograph letter signed. Lawsuits and money owed.
William Clairborne, at Richmond, to Robert Saunders, at Williamsburg, 18 August, 1790
2 pages on 1 leaf. Autograph letter signed. Escape of Yarbrough who owes money to Blair from jail. Willing to give Yarbrough a year longer if can get deed of trust.
Margaret Page, at Rosewell, Gloucester County, Virginia, to her sister, Mrs. McLaine, at Edenton, North Carolina, 22 February, 1796
3 pages on one leaf. Bears seal. Death of her sister's fiancé. Can't visit but entreats sister to come to her to live. Arrival of General Wayne in Philadelphia. Can she get a letter to sister Penny and Mr. Dawson. Health of her children, Gregory and Peggy.
William Wirt, at Richmond, to Robert Saunders, at Williamsburg. Encloses W. B. Cabell's bond (not present), 16 February, 1816
1 page. Autograph letter signed.
Margaret Page, Williamsburg, to Mrs. Lowther, at Edenton, North Carolina, March 18, 1818
Margaret Page, Williamsburg, to Mrs. Lowther, at Edenton, North Carolina, September 17, 1818
Margaret Page, at Williamsburg, to Mrs. Lowther, at Edenton, North Carolina, 16 April, 1819
3 pages on 1 leaf. Birth of Maria's Skinner child. Condition of her shoulder that was operated on 12 years before. Invites her and our dear William to visit. Daughter Barbara has returned from Richmond and granddaughter Peggy, tho unable to walk is thought by physicians to be in a fair way of perfect recovery. Rest of her children quite well.
Margaret Page, at Elmington, Gloucester County, to Mrs. Lowther, at Edenton, North Carolina, 23 September, 1819
30 items.
Margaret Page, Williamsburg, to Mrs. Lowther, at Edenton, North Carolina, 13 August, 1819
Death of Mrs. Henry Skipwith. (Elizabeth Byrd). Extreme heat. Son has left.
Margaret Page, at Elmington, Gloucester County, to Mrs. Lowther, at Edenton, North Carolina, 23 September, 1819
Margaret Page, at Williamsburg, to her son, John Page, at Union Town, Monroe County, Virginia, 19 January, 1820
S. G. P. Saratoga to Cousin Miss Lucy B. Page, Williamsburg, Virginia, 21 May, 1827
2 pages on 1 leaf. Glad to hear people in Williamsburg interested in religion. Would like more rhymes from E. G. G.
Robert Saunders, at Williamsburg, to William P. Saunders, at New York, 18 June, 1835
3 pages on 1 leaf. Appreciates his sympathy at death of his father (William's uncle). Bequest under will. Left money and watch with chain and one seal.
[?] Page, at Williamsburg, to Mrs. Lucy B. Saunders, at Staunton, Virginia Margaret Page to her daughter, Mrs. Lucy B. Saunders. Barbara Page to her sister, Mrs. Lucy B. Saunders, 12 August, 1835
Trial of Dr. Ducachet (Episcopal minister).
Margaret Page to her daughter, Mrs. Lucy B. Saunders, at Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia, August 14, 1835
Scope and Contents Rains. Thunder cloud. Dr. Ducachet honorably acquitted. Horrible mob in Baltimore. note says one of last letters Margaret Lowther Page wrote
Robert Saunders, at Williamsburg, to Mrs. Robert Saunders, at Bowling Green, Caroline County, 1 August, 1838
Pleased at continued recovery of daughter. Dr. P at Jamestown. Cannot get away due to accident with boat to return to Bowling Green where daughter, Sally Cary is ill. Health of friends in Williamsburg. Hot, hot weather there.
L. A. Page, at Greenland, Gloucester County, to Misses Page, at Williamsburg, 13 May, 1853
Clothes she is sewing and clothes she is sending. Mentions what others have been wearing. Fears confinement of teaching will be too much for you.
Aunt Barbara Page, at Staunton, to Page Saunders [?], 25 September, 1860
Has been to hear Cousin Robert Nelson preach. Staunton Institute opens tomorrow. Mrs. Forest has female teacher from the North who taught in Mississippi and Memphis and knew Kate Millington. . . she is keeping a boy's school but it is in town at the Academy."
Robert Saunders, at Williamsburg, to his son Robert Page Saunders, 13 May, 1861
4 pages on 1 leaf. Three fortifications going up in our immediate neighborhood. Blockade in Virginia. College closed two days ago. Description of defenses at Gloucester Point, Yorktown and Jamestown. Blockade intended to worry people out of a vote for secession. Ewell has commenced erection of plank huts on field on College Landing road. Typescript available.
Robert Saunders, at Williamsburg, to Robert Page Saunders, 13 November, 1861
4 pages on 1 leaf. Is no longer president of the railroad. Mr. Wilmer is chaplain of Ewell's regiment. Professor Morrison died of typhoid fever. Corrects his French.