Yorktown (Va.)--History--18th century
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Robert Anderson Letter to U.S. Customs
Collection
Identifier: SC 00979
Scope and Contents
A.L.S. of Robert Anderson, Williamsburg, Virginia, to Collector of U.S. Customs, Savannah, Georgia, concerning the brig "Helen" formerly owned by Alexander Macaulay of Yorktown in 1798. Dated 20 December 1825. 2 pp.
Dates:
1825 December 20
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Augustine Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 01261
Scope and Contents
Includes courtship letters between Dr. Augustine Smith of Yorktown, Va. to Alice Grymes Page of "Rosewell," Gloucester County, Va. whom he later married. Also includes correspondence, 1792, between Smith and John Page, seeking permission to marry Alice Page. Also includes a poem by Smith about his love for Alice and a certificate of Smith's course study at University of Edinburgh.
Dates:
1787-1793
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
William Reynolds Letter Copybook
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Cp10
Scope and Contents
Typescript, 1771-1783 and 1796, of letter copybook I and II of William Reynolds [merchant ?] of Yorktown, Virginia.
Dates:
1771-1796; Majority of material found in 1771-1783
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center