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Includes letter from Nathaniel's mother (Mildred Morton Watkins).

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Went to see Senator [Oliver Hazard Perry Throck] Morton about the possibilities of someone being appointed over the objections of one's senators; he thinks it "quite doubtful." 2 pp. ALS.

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I received the bill. Lost 4 livres per pound in the exchange. I had borrowed 30£ from Mr. Morton.

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About Virginia Taylor McCormick; letters by Lady Astor, Mrs. Hayward Wallis, Elkanah E. Taylor, Gamaliel Bradford, R. Torrance, May DeV F. Cobb, Alan Steinbach, Frances R. Williams, Florence Stearns, Mary Brent, Frances Carpenter Huntington, David Morton, and Florence Dickinson Sterns; reviews of the Virginia Taylor McCormick's Radio to Daedalusand Charcoal and Chalk.

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John Rochelle Lee Johnson was Professor of English Emeritus of the College of William & Mary, written by Woodbridge, Richard L. Morton and Jess H. Jackson.

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Letters to William Wilson Galt from R. G. Skerrett and B. F. Coble; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, Agnes Douglas West, and W. C. “Charlie” Hardy, Jr.; letters to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from William Wilson Galt, W. C. “Charlie” Hardy, Jr., M. J. Morton, and Lily B. Cary; receipt for Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt’s board at University of Virginia.

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Letter from the faculty committee on the selection of a new President to the B.O.V. approving Dr. Pomfret and opposing Dr. Morgan L. Combs, letter from Channing Hall to Dr. Morton pertaining to another letter from Arthur Schlesinger relating to Dr. Pomfret. 2 items.

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Letters from Edward Alexander and Dr. Morton to President Pomfret concerning the possibility of creating a graduate-level curriculum in historical museum training, letter to Edward Alexander from Kenneth Cleeton concerning same, and letter to the faculty concerning the curriculum for the 1954 summer session. 1947-1948, 1953. 6 items.

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Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem from W.S. Morton about material for the William and Mary Quarterly. Typed copy of Marriage Bonds of Amelia County, A-Z by husband, ca. 1735-1854. Prepared by J.D. Eggleston. Undated. Photographs of Amelia Sulpher Spring with notes on the reverse side. Undated. Letter to Susie from a correspondent in Mattoax, Virginia. Undated. Mss. Acc. 2008.193.

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Papers, 1830-1910, relating to Cumberland County, Va. Includes such items as copies of court orders, 1830, to pay George H. Matthews for service as prosecutor for Commonwealth and S. H. Panack for services as jailor; receipt, 1910, for taxes; plat, 1842, for land owned by Edward Steger; and a newspaper clipping, 1893 October 1, from the Richmond Dispatch. Gift of John Lawrence. Two court documents, one dated 1797, signed by James Morton. (1997.31e)

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Papers, 1841-1920, relating to Orange County, Va. Includes documents, 1841, concerning lawsuit of Jeremiah Morton v. William C. Willis; and petition, 1920, of citizens of Orange County, Va. concerning the unveiling of a tablet to World War I dead. 4 items. Calling card advertisement for “Stratford Fund” tea at St. Thomas House.

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Reel to reel tape of program given by William F. Swindler, James Morton Smith, and Dudley Warner Woodbridge produced by the College, broadcast dates between December 9 and December 15, 1958. Tape speed, 7.5 ips, and program length, 14 minutes and 20 seconds. Contains original and one copy. See article, 12/9/1958, p. 3. Acc. 1978.017

Scope and Contents 20 items. R.H. Temple, legal document drawn up by William Booth Taliaferro concerning English land, P. Goolrick to Dr. [William?] Taliaferro, J. Randolph Mordecai, A.W. Morton, J.A. Edmondson, John B. Minor to Taliaferro to Cousin H-------, [J. Edward?] Bird, Samuel E. Egerton Co., H.B. Catlett, Jno. H. Ellerson, Thomas H. Ellis, S.L. Taliaferro, Charles Mann, Beverley Randolph Wellford, Jr., Leopold & Cowper, receipt from W.T. Taliaferro [Sr.] to Dr. William Taliaferro, W.E. Stony, A.M....

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41 items. E. Oram Lyte, Jno. A. Cunningham, W.W. Woodward, J.B. Upham, Elizabeth Sauders Stubbs, C.C. Scott, A. Myers, Thomas S. Martin, Nottingham and Wrenn Co., Helen B. French, [?] (granddaughter), H.B. Smith, William Dickerson, Charles A. Nesbitt, Morton Maury, Richard W. Jones, George K. Taylor, W.H. Miller, Christopher E. Wilson, Nathan Tyler, John B. Cary & Son, William J. Davison, Charles E. Wilson, Christopher ------, M.D. (Medical College of Virginia dean)

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To his brother Nathaniel V. Watkins from Richmond, 1848, Prince Edward and Charlotte, 1848 and 1850, Philadelphia, 1854, and South Carolina, 1857; to his mother Mildred Morton Watkins from Cuba, 1858.

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Discusses political issues, esp. concerning the "Tildenite Democrats" and the [Supreme] Court; notes that this information has also been sent to Senator Morton and [Rutherford] Hayes. 2 pp. ACyS.

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T-shirt commemorating the Epson Ivy Bowl football game between WM and the Japanese all-star team which took place in Japan on Jan. 8, 1989; shirts were made by Dough Morton and distributed to those on the train in route to Kyoto to watch the game. Image available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/scrc/2296545354/. Located in Textiles S1 SS1, Box 2. UA 1989.120

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Scope and Contents Correspondence with Walter Hansen (Reverend F.H. Craighill, R.L. Morton and Harold R. Phalen).

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Record of Disbursements and Expenses by Mrs. F. R. Savage and Mrs. Richard L. Morton, Treasurers.

Scope and Contents Item 1: Alcock (Robert) and wife, to John Clark. Extract of a deed to a tract of land in Orange County, Virginia., 1800 1 piece. Item 2: Coleman (Thomas) and wife, to Thomas Davis. Bond for conveyance of a tract of land in Orange County, deed to the land, extract of the deed and surveyor's plat of the land., 1793 4 pieces. Item 3: Coleman (Thomas) and wife, to William Ford. Deed to a tract of land in Orange County, and surveyor's plat of the land., 1791 2 pieces. Item 4: Davis ( )....

Scope and Contents Prominent correspondents: J. B. Winston, Jr., Treasurer, Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac R.R.; William W. Chamberlain, Treasurer, Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad Co.; John M. Robinson, son, President, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac R.R. Co.; Brown & Lowndes, Bankers & Brokers; Philip Haxall, nephew; E.R. Robinson; John S. Gilliat, Governor of the Bank of England; George Mattingly, owner and operator Potomac Steamship Co. ALS dated April 2, 1877 from William W....

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Including one written February 16, 1866, telling of "poverty" and "straightened circumstances" and one referring to the death of his mother, Mildred Morton Watkins.

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Including letter to Nancy Daniel Watkins from an old schoolmate about Sarah Skinner, a New England governess, letter from C. A. Watkins of Missouri to his cousin Richard Watkins, copy of will of Henry N. Watkins of Oldham, Prince Edward, copy of deed of five slaves to Nathaniel and Nannie Watkins by James B. Daniel, and letter from J. Morton to Richard Watkins.

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Husband away six months. Child ill. First six weeks at brother's. Grateful to Col. Morton. "My good old Granny has been unusually well this winter. She begs that I will give her kindest love to you and her mistress. Worry that Nathaniel Beverley Tucker has not arrived.

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Sympathy in loss of children. Col. Morton also sympathsizes as does Dr. Dudley. Live here in solitude. Saw Mr. Coalter in August. Extract of letter from Benjamin Watkins Leigh.