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Collection
Identifier: UA 5.283
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The collection consists of two items. The first is Daniel's thesis, written in 1831. The front page says "Eulogy on Washington, Intended & Ppresented as the Thesis of Tho. H. Daniel, when an applicant for graudation at Wm & Mary College in 1831." The other is an oration dlivered at the Prince George County Courthouse on July 4, 1834 on the 58th anniversary of American Independence.
Dates:
1831, 1834 July 4
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Nla6
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"Notes on medical jurisprudence," by Thomas H. Tutwiler, 1840; and "Notes on the study of law, Blackstone, Vol. I." by Tutwiler, 1841. The volume includes a record, February 16, 1845, of the birth of Thomas Peyton Tutwiler, son of Thomas H. and Harriet M. Tutwiler.
Dates:
1840-1845
Collection
Identifier: SC 01822
Content Description
The collection contains letters received by Colonel Henry Goddard Thomas, the commander of the U.S. Colored Infantry during the Civil War. The letters were sent to Thomas from two individuals, German immigrants Lewis C. Henser and Rudolph Tensler (Teusler). In his two letters, Hensler outlined news of funding and his town of residence. In his single letter to Thomas, Tensler spoke mostly of family affairs. The letters contain content pertaining to funding, personal and family life, and news...
Dates:
1869-1876
Collection
Identifier: SC 00598
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Letter from Thomas J. Woodward, on the Iron Clad "Atlanta", James River, Va, to his sister about fighting along the James River against the Rebels. "...a brief accounty of how I am getting along up here among the Rebels. The "Atlanta" has been the great stand by or in other words the Iron Clad reserve when there is trouble any where...I am now laying close up under the fire of two heavy Rebel Beteris but concealed from them by a lump of trees..." " I can see all the spires in Richmond and...
Dates:
1865 February 28
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 T37
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Papers, 1852-1870, of Jacob Thomas, Staunton, Va. while serving as administrator of the estates of Daniel and Henry Thomas. Includes accounts and legal documents.
Dates:
1852-1870
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 T38
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Papers, 1851-1867, of James Thomas, Jr., a tobacco dealer in Richmond, Va. mainly concerned with the tobacco trade and prices in the Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore markets. Consists of correspondence and financial papers.
Dates:
1851-1867
Collection
Identifier: UA 248
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This collection includes a flier announcing the Thomas Jefferson Day run held by the College of William and Mary, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, and the University of Virginia on October 6, 1957.
Dates:
1957-1957; Majority of material found in 1957
Collection
Identifier: UA 251
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This collection consists of a booklet of lectures given as part of the 1964 Thomas Jefferson Faculty Lectures. Titles of the lectures include "Science and Thomas Jefferson's America," "Science and Philosophy of Life," "Science and Goethe's 'Faust'," "Science and the Novel," "Science, Civilians, and the Military," and "Science and Social Responsibility."
Dates:
1964; Majority of material found in 1964
Collection
Identifier: SC 00117
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Letter from Thomas Jefferson Head to his dearest Sallie dated 1861 June 15 from Yorktown, Va. In it he describes Yorktown as a very old and neglected place, "...there has not been a house erected since Cornwallis delivered the sword to General Washington." He further describes some of the visible ruins of Cornwallis's fortifications and writes in depth about the an manner in which the soldiers prepare for a fight they are certain will come upon them any day. As a result of the paltry...
Dates:
1861 June 15
Collection
Identifier: UA 280
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This collection contains booklets describing the Masters Program in Public Policy at William & Mary as well as booklets from various conferences on public policy.
Dates:
1980-2010
Collection
Identifier: MS 00254
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The collection includes photographs, negatives, slides, film, postcards, ephemera, correspondence and artifacts belonging to Thomas L. Williams, photographer for William & Mary for 35 years. He was also a photographer for Camp Peary and Colonial Williamsburg prior to working for William & Mary.
Dates:
Circa 1940-1990
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Cp4
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Letter copybook, 1798-1799, of Thomas Ladd, tobacco merchant of Richmond, Va. Later, the volume was used as a scrapbook for newspaper clippings, 1841-1862, by Alice Starke.
Dates:
1798-1862
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ad149
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Time book of tobacconist (payroll records), probably Thomas M. Rutherfoord of Richmond, Va. December 14, 1872 - March 25, 1882.
Dates:
1872-1882
Collection
Identifier: SC 01455
Scope and Contents
Photograph album created by Thomas "Tommy" Matthew William Green, Jr. who served in the United States Army during World War II. He was a second generation African American soldier, his father, Thomas M. W. Green was a Sergeant - Cavalry Detachment in the Army and is buried at West Point Military Academy Cemetery. Green was part of a segregated unit and his album features photos of his friends and family along with other soldiers with whom he served. The photographs along with some of his...
Dates:
1943-1951
Collection
Identifier: UA 6.091
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The collection includes l letter written to T. Taylor, dated March 22, 1871 and written on William & Mary letterhead, an August 26, 1871 letter written to Archie Taylor thanking him for donating a volume to the library,
his Oct. 1, 1871 letter of resignation as Chair of Latin and French due to health issues, and a printed announcement of the reopening of the College (October 1, 1871),.
Dates:
1871
Collection
Identifier: SC 01683
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Thomas Mead, of Lynchburg, Virginia, writes to his brother-in-law Frederick Carper, of Fairfax City, Virginia. The letter mentions their political differences and discusses laborers from Pennsylvania coming to work on the James River Canal (which was never completed). Mead describes these white laborers as a "motley crew" and mentions "Lynches law" as a method to deal with them. Enslaved "hands" were hired from $100 to $150 per year to work on the project. Mead mentions prices for enslaved...
Dates:
14 January 1836
Collection
Identifier: SC 01011
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Papers of Minor Wine Thomas, Sr. Includes letters, 1952, concerning land that had belonged to Lorenzo F. Nesselrodt and Josephine Nesselrodt, rental agreement with R.B. Gilliam and sale of York County, Virginia farm to Ware Loves. 1920 agreement between Richard Houge of James City County, Virginia and L.F. Nesselrodt of Shenandoah County, Virginia for a 5,970 pound shoatee. 1926 Deed of Release between the Federal Land Bank of Baltimore and Lorenzo F. and...
Dates:
1920-1952
Collection
Identifier: SC 00283
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 P14
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The collection contains correspondence . Correspondence includes letters primarily from 1908-1919, from Nelson Page and his wife Florence Lathrop Field Page to her daughters Minna Field Gibson Burnaby, Florence Field Lindsay, Bryan Lathrop and Helen Aldis Lathrop. The letters concern social life in Washington, D.C., life in Rome during World War I, diplomacy under Woodrow Wilson, and the role of a diplomat's wife. There are forty letters, 1915-1916, from Algernon Edwin Burnaby to his wife...
Dates:
1893-1953
Collection
Identifier: UA 5.163
Scope and Contents
Mathematics notebook, circa 1820-1822, of Thomas P. Watkins, a student at the College of William and Mary. Includes Watkins' notes on plane trigonometry, likely taught by Ferdinand Stewart Campbell. Includes theorems, proofs, and corollaries, as well as drawings which illustrate each of them.
Dates:
circa 1820-1822
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame111
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Ledger, 1846-1849, of Thomas S. Shirley, merchant, at Springfield [Fairfax County ?] Va. which includes an inventory of goods.
Dates:
1846-1849
Collection
Identifier: SC 01584
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Letter, dated Oct. 16, 1879, and written by Thomas Samson to R. A. Brock of Richmond. In the letter, Samson details the information he has about the William & Mary college bell. He worked at the Richmond Foundry when the bell was sent to be recast because it was broken. He mentions the same happened to the bell of Hampden-Sydney College.
Dates:
1879 October 16
Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2010.686
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The diaries of Thomas Scattergood (1841-1907). Scattergood was a business man in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. He was active in the Society of Friends (Quakers), on the Board of the local asylum, treasurer of the Colored Institute, and involved in many civic affairs. He was a teetotaler. He was involved in the incorporation of the Sharpless Dyewood Extracts Company. In the period of these diaries, Scattergood was married to Sarah Garrett Scattergood and had three children, Anna,...
Dates:
1885-1894
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 98 M36
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Letters, receipts and legal papers of U. S. Senator Thomas S. Martin relating chiefly to his law practice in Charlottesville and Scottsville, Va.
Dates:
1855-1902; Majority of material found within 1870-1889
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ami G13
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Ledger, 1848-1854, of Thomas T. Adams, Oak Hill Mills, Fauquier County, Va. which contains grist mill accounts.
Dates:
1848-1854
