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Corie Lynn Dorset Rivers Collection of Ludwell-Lee-Slater Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 00298
Scope and Contents
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:
1805 - 1886
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Colonel Philip Ludwell Lee letter to Colonel George Fairfax
Collection
Identifier: SC 01624
Scope and Contents
Two page letter from Green Springs plantation in Williamsburg, Va. regarding a land transaction between Lee and Colonel Fairfax. Lee regrets the delay but notes that once he is home and in front of the mentioned papers that he will settle their transaction at that time. A transcription is included with the letter.
Dates:
1760 April 28
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center