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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
Gustavus Depp Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2011.372
Scope and Contents
Papers, circa 1810s-1830s, of Gustavus Depp and Elmore Depp of Powhatan and Chesterfield Counties, Virginia. The collection includes two commonplace books and two ledgers. The commonplace books are both collections of different principles and rules of higher mathematics including geometry, trigonometry, calculating interest, among others. The commonplace book belonging to Gustavus Depp focuses much more heavily on geometry than the one owned by Elmore Depp. Both books contain inscriptions...
Dates:
1818-1848
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center