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Two page letter from John Graurner to Adam Empie asking him to provide parental guidance and moral support to Rpbert Meade, the son of his good friend, who will be attending the college that year.

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Contemporary copy of will of Adam Empie.

Scope and Contents Papers, 1821-1979, of and concerning Adam Empie, the president of the College of William and Mary and his family. Includes account book, 1829-1831, of Adam Empie and copy of his will as well as four letters, undated, from Sarah Moore Grimke to Anna Eliza (Wright) Empie as well as a commonplace book, undated; poems; engravings; flower illustrations, sketches and silhouettes; and prayers.The addition, Mss. 1979.13, includes papers of the Rev. Dr. Adam Empie’s descendants, most...

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Note written by William Mettauer to William & Mary President Adam Empie, providing permission for his son, Francis Joseph, to board with a "private family if suitable accomodations can be made."

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This note was written by John C. Page of Cumberland to William & Mary President Adam Empie, stating that Mrs. Eppes gives her permission for her son, John W. Eppes, to board off-campus.

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Note written by Julia E. White of Smithfield to William & Mary President Adam Empie, giving her son Charles B. Hayden permission to board off-campus.

Scope and Contents Papers, 1826-1857, (including accounts and memorandum books) of various mercantile firms with which Jacob D. Sheldon was associated in Williamsburg, Virginia, such as Jacob Sheldon & Co.; Cole & Sheldon; Sheldon & Maupin; Peachy & Sheldon; Thomas G. Peachy & Co.; and W. W. Webb & Co. Also includes papers of Jacob C. Sheldon and of Roscow Cole. The collection includes accounts with professors and students and staff at William & Mary; with Eastern State Hospital;...

Scope and Contents The collection includes letters written by or sent to Smead. While most are written in English, some are written in German.One letter of note was written by Smead in 1855 to Hugh Blair Grisby, noting the discovery of the original Phi Beta Kappa seal, found in a secret desk drawer of W&M alumnus Judge Stuart of Staunton, Virginia. He details the story relayed to him by Stuart's son regarding how it's likely the seal came to be hidden and forgotten about for more than 50...

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Biographical Information on Adam Empie.

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Biographical Information on Adam Empie.

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One letter written by former College of William and Mary President Adam Empie sending his regrets for not being able to accept an invitation.

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Empie writes from Williamsburg, Virginia, to Rev. Doctor Eliphalet Nott, a Presbyterian minister and president of Union College in Schenectady, New York. Empie asks for a copy of Union College laws, course of studies, and textbooks, as he is interested in "different literary seminaries." He also promises to call on Nott when he visits New York "next summer."

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Miscellaneous newspaper clippings and publications featuring Bruton Parish Church.

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Miscellaneous newspaper clippings and publications featuring Bruton Parish Church.

Scope and Contents These family papers focus on the Rev. Dr. Adam Empie’s descendants, including two letters to his daughter Mrs. James Sheppard and a transcript of his genealogy from his family Bible. Items are as follows. Letter from Thomas A. Graves, Jr., President of the College of William and Mary to Ralph James, Sr. regarding his donation of what are now the Adam Empie Papers. Notes from vestry meeting of 1860 November 13 on death of the Rev. Dr. Empie with a letter to his daughter Mrs. Sheppard....

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Williamsburg. Journal in Dr. Empie's hand containing memoranda and notes of accounts. Gives salary from William and Mary College and benefits pertaining to position. Mentions the receipt of two loans from the Bursar of the College totalling $800. Also mentions receiving a trunk of books from Mrs. Avey to be appropriated as he pleased and possibly given to Church Library. Mention also of receipt of $400 from Mr. and Mrs. Woosten.

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Richmond Times-Dispatch news clipping. Regarding oil portrait Adam Empie given to Bruton Parish Church.

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Newport News Daily Press news clipping. Biographical sketch of Adam Empie.

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The following seven documents are compositions written by Philip Ludwell Lee at the College of William & Mary in 1835 or soon thereafter. In-line responses and corrections may be in the hand of Adam Empie, President of the College through 1835

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Believed to have belonged to the Rev. Adam Empie, Rector of Bruton Parish Church (1828-1836) and President of the College of William and Mary (1827-1836). Images available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/scrc/545133094/. Located in Dec Obj S2, SS1, Box 10. UA 2007.012

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Correspondence between President A. D. Chandler and Colonel A. E. Potts regarding a gift of items which belonged to Dr. Adam Empie, President of the College of William and Mary, 1827-36.

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Barbara Maria Page was the daughter of John Page, Governor of Virginia. Signatures with prose include James Madison, President of the United States; Dolly Madison; William & Mary presdents Adam Empie and Thomas Roderick Dew; William & Mary professor C. de la Pena; Bishop Richard Channing Moore; and others. Includes notes on the album, 1938, by donor, L.P.W. Poindexter.

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3- silhouettes of early presidents of the College of William and Mary: Adam Empie (1827-1836). The three silhouettes are thought to be part of "Profiliography of early Presidents of W&M Collected by the Late Lamented Dr. Thomas R. Dew 1802-1846." Stamped Peale's Museum. Located in Art S4, Box 1. UA 1995.006.2

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Research material by Susan H. Godson, Bruton Parish Historian, on Adam Empie and correspondence with Major Kenneth Lawson. Includes a draft of a book chapter by Kenneth E. Lawson, "Religion and the U.S. Army Chaplaincy in the Florida Seminole Wars."

Scope and Contents Warren Seymour Lurty, uncle of Adam Empie Potts, served as a captain in the Confederate army over the Virginia Horse Artillery Battery, which was involved in the Shenandoah Valley campaign. The battery was nearly annihilated and Lurty was captured at Ninevah, Virginia in 1864 and was a prisoner of war at Fort Delaware. Lurty served as a lawyer before and after the Civil War. He was US District Attorney of western Virginia from 1877-1882. This folder, which mainly consists of...