College of William and Mary--History--19th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:
Woodson C. Moody Certificates
Collection
Identifier: UA 5.278
Scope and Contents
Collection includes three certificates issued to Woodson C. Moody, while a student at William & Mary. He attended 1836-1838, 1846-1847.The earliest certificate is dated July 4, 1837 and acknowledges Moody's success "to the studies of Belles Lettres, Logic and Moral Philosophy." It is signed by faculty members Thomas Dew, Dabney Browne, Robert Saunders, Beverley Tucker, and John Millington. It features the Temple seal.The second certificate is dated July 4, 1838...
Dates:
1837 July 4, 1838 July 4, 1847 July 4
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Gustavus W. T. Wright Letter
Collection
Identifier: UA 5.185
Scope and Contents
February 22, 1904 letter written by Wright to Henry Dearborn "Student at Law" in Washington. He describes not taking the time to write his parents as he's been engaged in amusements such as dancing parties. He describes the local girls as "very free, easy and interesting in their manners but few of them are even tolerably handsome." Wright names several local women, including Jane Russell, Sally Carter, and a Miss Cary. He states he is boarding with a Mrs. Maupin and...
Dates:
1804 February 22
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center