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Elizabeth Ewell Letter and Benjamin Ewell Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00432
Content Description 6 page letter from Elizabeth L. Ewell to her brother, Benjamin Ewell dated November 24, 1876. The entirety of the letter consists of her opinions regarding a monument for her mother's grave at the William and Mary burial site. A transcribed copy is stored with the letter. Accompanying the letter is a copy of a news paper article that describes the college grave site. Also in this collection are two photographs of Benjamin Ewell, President of William and Mary. One photograph depicts him...
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Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Papers

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Identifier: Mss. 39.1 Ew3
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials dated 1784-1934. It includes correspondence, legal papers, and accounts, chiefly 1830-1892, of Benjamin S. Ewell, professor at the U.S. Military Academy, Hampden-Sydney College, Washington and Lee College, and the College of William and Mary (which he served as acting president, 1848-1849, and president, 1854-1888). Letters from Ewell during the Civil War when he was assistant adjutant-general to Gen. Joseph E. Johnston are included as well. Among the...
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Maria to Elizabeth Ewell Letter

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Identifier: SC 01106
Scope and Contents

Letter, 1859 October 30, from someone named Maria to Elizabeth S. Ewell, daughter of College of William and Mary president Benjamin S. Ewell. In the letter, the author writes about life in Williamsburg, Virginia, the engagements of local men including professor Edwin Taliaferro to Bland Tucker, the Williamsburg Female Academy, and the loss of George T. Wilmer as rector of Bruton Parish Church.

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Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century 2
Buildings and Grounds--College Cemetery 1
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Correspondence 1
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Hampden-Sydney College 1
History of the College 1
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Poems 1
United States Military Academy 1
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Virginia--Genealogy 1
Virginia--Militia--History--War of 1812 1
Washington and Lee University--History--19th century 1
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Women--Virginia--Social life and customs 1
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Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert 2
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae 1
College of William and Mary. Office of the President 1
Ewell family 1
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Office of the President 1
Taliaferro, Edwin 1
Williamsburg Female Academy (Williamsburg, Va) 1
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