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Charlotte Cazenove (1812-1836) married North Carolina Congressman William B. Shepard. Octavius Anthony Cazenove (1813-1841). Harriet Cazenove (1817-1861) who married Gazaway Lamar of Georgia (1798-1874). \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nAnn Maria Cazenove (1803-1859) married General Archibald Henderson. Their daughter Charlotte married into the DuPont family.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nEliza Frances Cazenove (1798-1857) married William C. Gardner (1791-1844) their children included Constance T. Gardner  (1820-1849) who married Maryland Congressman Henry Winter Davis (1817-1865) and Anne Eliza Gardner (1819-1885), who married Cassius F. Lee (1808-1890). \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nWilliam Gardner Cazenove (1819-1877) married Mary Elizabeth Stanard (1822-1892) and had a son named Anthony Charles Cazenove (1849-1897). 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Harriet Cazenove (1817-1861) who married Gazaway Lamar of Georgia (1798-1874). ","\nAnn Maria Cazenove (1803-1859) married General Archibald Henderson. Their daughter Charlotte married into the DuPont family.","\nEliza Frances Cazenove (1798-1857) married William C. Gardner (1791-1844) their children included Constance T. Gardner  (1820-1849) who married Maryland Congressman Henry Winter Davis (1817-1865) and Anne Eliza Gardner (1819-1885), who married Cassius F. Lee (1808-1890). ","\nWilliam Gardner Cazenove (1819-1877) married Mary Elizabeth Stanard (1822-1892) and had a son named Anthony Charles Cazenove (1849-1897). William took over management of Cazenove and Co. in partnership with Lee and was later the guardian for one of the Gardner children.","\nLouis Albert Cazenove (1807-1852) married Frances Ansley (1820-1847) in 1837 and had Frances E. Cazenove (1838-1884) and Charlotte Louise Cazenove (1840-1914). He later remarried to Harriett Stuart Turberville (1823-1896) of the Lee family and had a son named Louis A. Cazenove (1851-1925). Cassius F. Lee became the guardian of these children after 1852.","\nLouis A. Cazenove (b 1851) married Mary O'Hara and had two sons. Louis A. DeCazenove (1878-1852) who changed his last name to an older Swiss version worked as a chemical Engineer at Dupont and married Edith Patton Cazenove. 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This primarily covers the 18th century including in Switzerland.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nThe Library of Congress also holds a number of manuscript letters from A.C. Cazenove to President James Madison.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["MS293 contains a ledger from Cazenove and Co. dated 1857-1861 when it was managed by William Gardner Lee, the son of A. C. Cazenove, and Cassius F. Lee. Duke University holds records of Cazenove and Co for 1860-1868 including a list of debtors.","\nMS240 contains a number of Cazenove related documents including:","\nTwo letters of A.C. Cazenove, one undated detailing the surrender of Alexandria in August 1814 and the other to Sarah E. Greenleaf in 1826. (MS240, box 10).","\nAn 1874 certificate of Louis A. Cazenove (b. 1851) from the University of Virginia (MS240, oversize 2)","\n3 stock certificates of A.C. 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It also includes records from his brother, Louis A. deCazenove (1851-1925), primarily related to his education at Cornell University.","\nThe Second part of the collection concerns the earlier generations of the family focusing on James O'Hara's father and grandfather, both named Louis A. Cazenove (1807-1852 and 1851-1925), and his great grandfather Anthony Charles Cazenove (1775-1852). Researchers should be cautious about the reuse of family names, as there are two Anthony Charles' and three Louis A.s.","\nThe second part consists primarily of correspondence and early business records from Alexandria, including early ledgers and receipts as well as legal documents such as deeds. There are also early passports relating to international travel and documents about the consular positions held by A.C. Cazenove in the early 19th century. 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Also includes a print magazine article about the dioceses of Virginia.","Documents relating to educational institutions in Alexandria and the educational system in general. Includes records about named individuals.","This subject contains tourism related material as well as restaurant menus.","Includes materials relating to the transportation infrastructure of the Alexandria region and related businesses including shipping, the canal, and the harbor, but also bus lines, roads and Army Corps of Engineers infrastructure projects."],"names_ssim":["Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library","Cazenove Family","Cazenove, Harriot E., 1823-1896","Cazenove, Anthony Charles, 1775-1852","Cazenove, Louis A., 1851-1925"],"corpname_ssim":["Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library"],"famname_ssim":["Cazenove Family"],"persname_ssim":["Cazenove, Harriot E., 1823-1896","Cazenove, Anthony Charles, 1775-1852","Cazenove, Louis A., 1851-1925"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":683,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-05T07:15:21.073Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_89_c21_c16"}},{"id":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_119","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Sangster Papers (MS294)","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_119#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThe letters in this collection center around the children and family of Edward Ford Sangster (1802-1883) an Alexandria resident, and his wife Mary Kendall Lee of the Ditchly Lees. Their children; John ( Jack ), Tom, James ( Jim ), Virginia Lee ( sister ) and Mary Edward ( \"Puss\" ) are all represented in the correspondence. William Wallace Bennett was the fiance, and later, husband of Virginia Lee. Many of Bennett's earlier letters deal with church matters and his impending marriage to Virginia Lee. There are a number of Civil War letters in the collection. A letter dated 1866 to Bennett and several other ministers from Varina Davis on behalf of her imprisoned husband is also included. There are several letters involving Daniel and F.E. Lee, and Sally Ford, all of whom were Sangster cousins. 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Series I, William Bennett and Virginia Sangster Bennett Correspondence, focuses on the correspondence between William Wallace Bennett and Virginia Lee Sangster from courtship to parenthood and documents William's time as a chaplain during the Civil War.  Series II, Sangster Family Letters, holds all correspondence between the immediate Sangster family belonging to Edward and Mary Sangster.  Series III, Mary Edward \"Puss\" Sangster Letters, are a series of letters written to Puss Sangster, as she was known by all.  The majority of this series were written by cousins, though there are some correspondence with Maj. S. B. Brewer, approving Puss to be a clerk in the new Confederate Administration.  Series IV, Miscellaneous Letters, holds all letters written by or to people outside the Sangster family.  Series V, John Hancock Lee Sangster Notebook, holds a single folder with a single notebook belonging to Jack Sangster during his time at the University of Virginia in the late 1850s.","The letters are arranged in chronological order from 1853 to 1891 with undated copies placed at the end. While most of the letters are written to, or by Virginia Sangster Bennett, there is also other correspondence between her brothers John, James and Thomas as well as Mary Edward Sangster, their sister. John and Thomas were killed during the War. The third brother, James, survived and later became a judge in the county court.","William Wallace Bennett (1821-1887) was a noted Methodist Episcopal South minister as well as president of Randolph - Macon College from 1877 until 1886. Bennett served as a chaplain in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and was in England purchasing Bibles for the troops at the end of the war. He and Virginia Lee Sangster were married in 1855.","The letters in this collection center around the children and family of Edward Ford Sangster (1802-1883) an Alexandria resident, and his wife Mary Kendall Lee of the Ditchly Lees. Their children; John ( Jack ), Tom, James ( Jim ), Virginia Lee ( sister ) and Mary Edward ( \"Puss\" ) are all represented in the correspondence. William Wallace Bennett was the fiance, and later, husband of Virginia Lee. Many of Bennett's earlier letters deal with church matters and his impending marriage to Virginia Lee. There are a number of Civil War letters in the collection. A letter dated 1866 to Bennett and several other ministers from Varina Davis on behalf of her imprisoned husband is also included. There are several letters involving Daniel and F.E. Lee, and Sally Ford, all of whom were Sangster cousins.\nThe University Account Book of John Sangster, dated 1856-1859 and listing expenses, weather and classes is placed in a separate series.","This series consists of 2 folders of letters written between William Wallace Bennett and Virginia Lee Sangster during the courtship and married life.  Folder 2 contains many letters written while William was serving as a Methodist chaplain in the Civil War.","Original List of Letters:","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Sister\" [Virginia Sangster], January 25, 1855, Warrenton","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Gennie\" [Virginia Sangster], July 2, 1855, Alexandria","Virginia Lee Sangster to [William Wallace Bennett], July 4, 1855, Clifton","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Virginia\", November 27, 1855, Petersburg","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Virginia\", November 30, 1855, Conference Room","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Virginia\", December 3, 1855, Petersburg","Virginia Sangster to [William Wallace Bennett], [December 3, 1855], Alexandria","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Virginia\", December 5, 1855, Petersburg","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Virginia\", December 6, 1855, Petersburg","Virginia Sangster to \"My Dear Friend [William Wallace Bennett], December 9, 1855, Alexandria","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Virginia\", December 11, 1855, Conference Room","Virginia Sangster to \"My Dearest Friend [William Wallace Bennett], December 13, 1855, Alexandria","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dearest Virginia\", December 15, 1855, Conference Room","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia Sangster Bennett, March 3, 1856, Springfield","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Gennie\", October, 1857, Leesburg","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, May 10, 1858, Nashville","Original List of Contents","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia Sangster Bennett, May 17, 1858, Nashville","Virginia S. Bennett to William Wallace Bennett, June 7, 1858, Alexandria","Virginia SAngster Bennett to W. W. Bennett, August 24, 1858, Alexandria","Virginia S. Bennett to W. W. Bennett, October 8, 1858, Alexandria","Virginia S. Bennett to W. W. Bennett, December 22, 1860, Alexandria","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, Jun 2, 1862, Richmond, VA","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 5, 1862, Richmond, VA","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 9, 1862, Richmond, VA","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 16, 1862, Richmond, VA","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 20, 1862, Richmond","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 25, 1862, Richmond, VA","War Letter, June 6, 1864 (No Names) [signed \"to Virginia\" and from \"WWB\"]","War Letter, June 12, 1864, to \"My Dear Wife\" No signature","Virginia S. Bennett to William Wallace Bennett, April 10, 1866, Nottoway Parsonage","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, April 26, 1866, New Orleans","W. W. Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, April 9 (no year), Leesburg","W. W. Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 22 (no year), Richmond","Virginia S. Bennett to W. W. Bennett, August 1 (no year), Alexandria","W. W. Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, August 5 (no year), Leesburg","Virginia S. Bennett to W. W. Bennett, August 7 (no year), Spring Hill","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, August 13 (no year), Berry's Ferry","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Own Beloved\", November 16 (no year), near Baltimore","June 18 (no year) - illegible [Begins with \"My Dear Wife\"]","This series holds the correspondence between the immediate family of Edward Ford Sangster and Mary Kendall Lee Sangster.","Original list of letters:","Ginnie [Virginia Sangster] to Tom [Thomas R. Sangster], June 6, 1853, Alexandria, VA.","Sister [Virginia] to Tom, Monday night, [Summer 1853]","Sister [Virginia] to \"My very dear brother\" [Tom], October 3, 1853, Alexandria","Edward Sangster to \"Dear sis\" [Virginia], August 16, 1855, Red Sulpher Springs [Now West Virginia]","Brother Jack [John H. Sangster] to Puss [Mary Edward Sangster], October 12, 1856, Charlottesville","J. Sangster [John] to \"My dear sister\" [Virginia Sangster Bennett], October 27, 1856, Charlottesville, VA","Tom Sangster to \"Dear bro\" [John], November 1, 1857, Paris, Kentucky","Jack Sangster to \"Dear Puss\" [Mary] November 8, 1857, Charlottesville","Jack [John] to \"Ma\" [Mary Kendall Lee Sangster], November 16, 1857, Charlottesville, VA","Tom to \"My dear sister\" [Virginia], January 23, 1859","Jack to \"My dear sister\" [Virginia], March 14, 1859, Alexandria","\"Sister\" [Virginia] to \"My dear sister\" [Mary], October 18, 1849, Richmond","Jack to Mary, May 5, 1861, Alexandria, VA","Tom to \"Dear sis\" [Unknown which sister, likely Mary], May 13, 1861, Alexandria, VA","Tom to Mary, Jun 1, 1861, Manassas Station, VA","Tom to sister [Unknown which sister], June 16, 1861","Originial list of Letters: ","Jack Sangster to sister, October 22, 1861, Centerville, VA","James Sangster to sis [Mary Edward Sangster], November 10, 1861, Union Mills","Bettie to Puss [Mary], December 11, 1861, Danville, VA","Jack [John Sangster] to \"My dear sister\" [Virginia Sangster Bennett], January 14, 1862, Centerville, VA","Jack to sister, April 10, 1862, Louisa Court House, VA","Jack to sister, May 8, 1862","Viriginia to Mary Kendal Lee Sanster [mother], May 9, 1863, Richmond, VA","A. J. Sangster [Alexander John] to \"Dear Bro\" [Edward Ford Sangster], January 18, 1866, Moorefield","Sister [Virginia] to sister [Mary], September 24, 1866","Sister [Virginia] to sister [Mary], October 20, 1866","James Sangster to \"Pa\" [Edward Ford Sangster], January 9, 1867, Fairfax County, VA","J. Sangster [James] to \"Pa\" [Edward], December 15, 1867, Fairfax County, VA","E.S. [Edward Sangster, father] to Puss [Mary], September 20, 1868, Fairfax, VA","Mary Lee Bennett [Daughter of Virginia and W. W. Bennett] to William Wallace Bennett with note from Virginia S. Bennett, May 17, 1870, Ashland","\"Mother\" [Virginia S. Bennett] to \"My darling little boys\", July 31, 1881, Baveno (Italy)","To \"My darling precious child\", January 25, 1891, Ashland","Puss [Mary] to mother [Mary Kendall Lee Sangster], Buckingham, March (no year)","Thomas R. Sangster to \"Ma\" [Mary K. L. Sangster], (no date)","Virginia to parents [Edward and Mary Sangster], October 5, (no year), Richmond","This series consists of letters written to Mary Edward \"Puss\" Sangster.  Included are letters written by her cousin Sallie Ford, cousin Daniel M. Lee, a Maj. S. B. Brewer, a Thomas H. Lace, among others.  Any correspondence with her siblings can be found in the Sangster Family Letters series.","Original listing of letters:","\"S. F.\" [Sallie Ford] to \"Puss\" [Mary Edward Sangster], January 21, 1860, Providence","Sallie P. to Mollie [Mary], January 20, 1861, Aberdeen, MS","Sallie Ford to Puss Sangster, March 19, 1861, Leesburg, VA","Sallie Ford to Puss Sangster, May 3, 1861, Fairfax court house, VA","D. M. Lee [Daniel McCarty Lee] to Puss Sangster, May 18, 1861, Alexanria, VA","B. H. Partlow to Mary Edward Sangster, Jun 3, 1861, Rappahannock Co.","Sallie to Puss, Jun 16, 1861, Clover Hill","Daniel to Puss Sangster, June 30, 1861, Camp Pickens, VA","Daniel M. Lee to Puss, July 18, 1861, Tudor Hall, VA","Sallie to PUss, August 1, 1861, Warrentown, VA","Original list of letters:","Sallie [Ford] to \"Puss\" [Mary Edward Sangster] August 10, 1861, Warrenton, VA","Daniel [Daniel McCarty Lee] to \"My dear cousin\" [Mary], March 25, 1862, Orange, C. H.","Alice E. Meisinger to Puss, March 2, 1863","Major S. B. Brewer to M. E. Sangster, November 91, 1863, Richmond, VA","Major S. B. Brewer to M. E. Sangster, January 1, 1864, Richmond, VA","Thomas H. Lace to Mary E. Sangster, May 1, 1864, Camp Sullivans Island, Charleston, SC","Ella to Puss, August 26, 1864, Farmington","Sallie [Ford] to cousin [Mary], January 8, 1865","C. S. to Puss, August 3, 1866, Fairfax County, VA","This series contains all letters that were not within the scope of Series I-III.","Original list of letters:","John L. Young and Issac Kell to Sam Hughes, January 1, 1861","J. H. McVagh to E. Sangster, Esq. [Edward Ford Sangster], August 11, 1863, Lynchburg, VA","Varina Davis to Gentlemen (W. W. Bennett, J. A. Duncan, J. S. R. Clarke, W. W. Duncan, J. S. Lindsay), November 26, 1866, Fortress Monroe [This is a photocopy]","(illegible) May 6, 1868 [Also contains a handwritten note from 1994 attempting to translate the writing in this faded letter]","Signatories (names follow) to the General Assembly of Virginia, January 27, 1870, Alexandria","\"Flea\" to \"My Dearest Old Big\" February 3, 1881, Petersburg","From N. L. A. to \"Dear friend\" September 8, 1882, G. Y. College","Cousin Bettie (Camden?) to Virginia S. Bennett, July 25, 1888, Parkersburg, West Virginia","Jane Sangster to Virginia L. Bennett, Saturday evening - Civil War - (no date), Lynchburg, VA","This folder contains one small notebook used by John Hancock Lee \"Jack\" Sangster during his time at the University of Virginia in the late 1850s.  In it, Jack writes about his courses, expenses, and day to day excursions.","Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library","Bennett, Virginia Lee Sangster, 1830-1909","Bennett, William Wallace, 1821-1887","Sangster, James, Judge, 1832-1906","Sangster, Thomas Randolph, 1835-1861","Sangster, John Hancock Lee (Jack)","Sangster, Edward P., 1836-1855","Sangster, Mary Kendall Lee, 1801-1865","Sangster, Edward Ford, 1802-1882","Sangster, Mary Edward (Puss), 1841-1908","Sangster, A. J. (Alexander John), 1806-1875","Bennett, Mary Lee, 1862-1943","Lee, Daniel McCarty, 1837-1862","Ford, Sarah \"Sallie\"","English \n.    "],"unitid_tesim":["MS294"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Sangster Papers (MS294)"],"collection_title_tesim":["Sangster Papers (MS294)"],"collection_ssim":["Sangster Papers (MS294)"],"repository_ssm":["Alexandria Library"],"repository_ssim":["Alexandria Library"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift of Elizabeth R. 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The majority of this series were written by cousins, though there are some correspondence with Maj. S. B. Brewer, approving Puss to be a clerk in the new Confederate Administration.  Series IV, Miscellaneous Letters, holds all letters written by or to people outside the Sangster family.  Series V, John Hancock Lee Sangster Notebook, holds a single folder with a single notebook belonging to Jack Sangster during his time at the University of Virginia in the late 1850s.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection is organized into five series.  Series I, William Bennett and Virginia Sangster Bennett Correspondence, focuses on the correspondence between William Wallace Bennett and Virginia Lee Sangster from courtship to parenthood and documents William's time as a chaplain during the Civil War.  Series II, Sangster Family Letters, holds all correspondence between the immediate Sangster family belonging to Edward and Mary Sangster.  Series III, Mary Edward \"Puss\" Sangster Letters, are a series of letters written to Puss Sangster, as she was known by all.  The majority of this series were written by cousins, though there are some correspondence with Maj. S. B. Brewer, approving Puss to be a clerk in the new Confederate Administration.  Series IV, Miscellaneous Letters, holds all letters written by or to people outside the Sangster family.  Series V, John Hancock Lee Sangster Notebook, holds a single folder with a single notebook belonging to Jack Sangster during his time at the University of Virginia in the late 1850s."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe letters are arranged in chronological order from 1853 to 1891 with undated copies placed at the end. While most of the letters are written to, or by Virginia Sangster Bennett, there is also other correspondence between her brothers John, James and Thomas as well as Mary Edward Sangster, their sister. John and Thomas were killed during the War. 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The third brother, James, survived and later became a judge in the county court.","William Wallace Bennett (1821-1887) was a noted Methodist Episcopal South minister as well as president of Randolph - Macon College from 1877 until 1886. Bennett served as a chaplain in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and was in England purchasing Bibles for the troops at the end of the war. He and Virginia Lee Sangster were married in 1855."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Item identification], Sangster Papers (MS294), Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Item identification], Sangster Papers (MS294), Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe letters in this collection center around the children and family of Edward Ford Sangster (1802-1883) an Alexandria resident, and his wife Mary Kendall Lee of the Ditchly Lees. Their children; John ( Jack ), Tom, James ( Jim ), Virginia Lee ( sister ) and Mary Edward ( \"Puss\" ) are all represented in the correspondence. William Wallace Bennett was the fiance, and later, husband of Virginia Lee. Many of Bennett's earlier letters deal with church matters and his impending marriage to Virginia Lee. There are a number of Civil War letters in the collection. A letter dated 1866 to Bennett and several other ministers from Varina Davis on behalf of her imprisoned husband is also included. There are several letters involving Daniel and F.E. Lee, and Sally Ford, all of whom were Sangster cousins.\nThe University Account Book of John Sangster, dated 1856-1859 and listing expenses, weather and classes is placed in a separate series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of 2 folders of letters written between William Wallace Bennett and Virginia Lee Sangster during the courtship and married life.  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Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, August 5 (no year), Leesburg\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVirginia S. Bennett to W. W. Bennett, August 7 (no year), Spring Hill\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, August 13 (no year), Berry's Ferry\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wallace Bennett to \"My Own Beloved\", November 16 (no year), near Baltimore\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJune 18 (no year) - illegible [Begins with \"My Dear Wife\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series holds the correspondence between the immediate family of Edward Ford Sangster and Mary Kendall Lee Sangster.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal list of letters:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGinnie [Virginia Sangster] to Tom [Thomas R. Sangster], June 6, 1853, Alexandria, VA.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSister [Virginia] to Tom, Monday night, [Summer 1853]\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSister [Virginia] to \"My very dear brother\" [Tom], October 3, 1853, Alexandria\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEdward Sangster to \"Dear sis\" [Virginia], August 16, 1855, Red Sulpher Springs [Now West Virginia]\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBrother Jack [John H. Sangster] to Puss [Mary Edward Sangster], October 12, 1856, Charlottesville\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJ. Sangster [John] to \"My dear sister\" [Virginia Sangster Bennett], October 27, 1856, Charlottesville, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTom Sangster to \"Dear bro\" [John], November 1, 1857, Paris, Kentucky\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJack Sangster to \"Dear Puss\" [Mary] November 8, 1857, Charlottesville\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJack [John] to \"Ma\" [Mary Kendall Lee Sangster], November 16, 1857, Charlottesville, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTom to \"My dear sister\" [Virginia], January 23, 1859\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJack to \"My dear sister\" [Virginia], March 14, 1859, Alexandria\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Sister\" [Virginia] to \"My dear sister\" [Mary], October 18, 1849, Richmond\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJack to Mary, May 5, 1861, Alexandria, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTom to \"Dear sis\" [Unknown which sister, likely Mary], May 13, 1861, Alexandria, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTom to Mary, Jun 1, 1861, Manassas Station, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTom to sister [Unknown which sister], June 16, 1861\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginial list of Letters: \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJack Sangster to sister, October 22, 1861, Centerville, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJames Sangster to sis [Mary Edward Sangster], November 10, 1861, Union Mills\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBettie to Puss [Mary], December 11, 1861, Danville, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJack [John Sangster] to \"My dear sister\" [Virginia Sangster Bennett], January 14, 1862, Centerville, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJack to sister, April 10, 1862, Louisa Court House, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJack to sister, May 8, 1862\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eViriginia to Mary Kendal Lee Sanster [mother], May 9, 1863, Richmond, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA. J. Sangster [Alexander John] to \"Dear Bro\" [Edward Ford Sangster], January 18, 1866, Moorefield\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSister [Virginia] to sister [Mary], September 24, 1866\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSister [Virginia] to sister [Mary], October 20, 1866\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJames Sangster to \"Pa\" [Edward Ford Sangster], January 9, 1867, Fairfax County, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJ. Sangster [James] to \"Pa\" [Edward], December 15, 1867, Fairfax County, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eE.S. [Edward Sangster, father] to Puss [Mary], September 20, 1868, Fairfax, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMary Lee Bennett [Daughter of Virginia and W. W. Bennett] to William Wallace Bennett with note from Virginia S. Bennett, May 17, 1870, Ashland\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Mother\" [Virginia S. Bennett] to \"My darling little boys\", July 31, 1881, Baveno (Italy)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTo \"My darling precious child\", January 25, 1891, Ashland\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePuss [Mary] to mother [Mary Kendall Lee Sangster], Buckingham, March (no year)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThomas R. Sangster to \"Ma\" [Mary K. L. Sangster], (no date)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVirginia to parents [Edward and Mary Sangster], October 5, (no year), Richmond\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of letters written to Mary Edward \"Puss\" Sangster.  Included are letters written by her cousin Sallie Ford, cousin Daniel M. Lee, a Maj. S. B. Brewer, a Thomas H. Lace, among others.  Any correspondence with her siblings can be found in the Sangster Family Letters series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal listing of letters:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"S. F.\" [Sallie Ford] to \"Puss\" [Mary Edward Sangster], January 21, 1860, Providence\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSallie P. to Mollie [Mary], January 20, 1861, Aberdeen, MS\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSallie Ford to Puss Sangster, March 19, 1861, Leesburg, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSallie Ford to Puss Sangster, May 3, 1861, Fairfax court house, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eD. M. Lee [Daniel McCarty Lee] to Puss Sangster, May 18, 1861, Alexanria, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eB. H. Partlow to Mary Edward Sangster, Jun 3, 1861, Rappahannock Co.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSallie to Puss, Jun 16, 1861, Clover Hill\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDaniel to Puss Sangster, June 30, 1861, Camp Pickens, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDaniel M. Lee to Puss, July 18, 1861, Tudor Hall, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSallie to PUss, August 1, 1861, Warrentown, VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal list of letters:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSallie [Ford] to \"Puss\" [Mary Edward Sangster] August 10, 1861, Warrenton, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDaniel [Daniel McCarty Lee] to \"My dear cousin\" [Mary], March 25, 1862, Orange, C. H.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAlice E. Meisinger to Puss, March 2, 1863\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMajor S. B. Brewer to M. E. Sangster, November 91, 1863, Richmond, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMajor S. B. Brewer to M. E. Sangster, January 1, 1864, Richmond, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThomas H. Lace to Mary E. Sangster, May 1, 1864, Camp Sullivans Island, Charleston, SC\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eElla to Puss, August 26, 1864, Farmington\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSallie [Ford] to cousin [Mary], January 8, 1865\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eC. S. to Puss, August 3, 1866, Fairfax County, VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains all letters that were not within the scope of Series I-III.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal list of letters:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJohn L. Young and Issac Kell to Sam Hughes, January 1, 1861\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJ. H. McVagh to E. Sangster, Esq. [Edward Ford Sangster], August 11, 1863, Lynchburg, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVarina Davis to Gentlemen (W. W. Bennett, J. A. Duncan, J. S. R. Clarke, W. W. Duncan, J. S. Lindsay), November 26, 1866, Fortress Monroe [This is a photocopy]\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e(illegible) May 6, 1868 [Also contains a handwritten note from 1994 attempting to translate the writing in this faded letter]\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSignatories (names follow) to the General Assembly of Virginia, January 27, 1870, Alexandria\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Flea\" to \"My Dearest Old Big\" February 3, 1881, Petersburg\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFrom N. L. A. to \"Dear friend\" September 8, 1882, G. Y. College\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCousin Bettie (Camden?) to Virginia S. Bennett, July 25, 1888, Parkersburg, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJane Sangster to Virginia L. Bennett, Saturday evening - Civil War - (no date), Lynchburg, VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains one small notebook used by John Hancock Lee \"Jack\" Sangster during his time at the University of Virginia in the late 1850s.  In it, Jack writes about his courses, expenses, and day to day excursions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Content Description","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The letters in this collection center around the children and family of Edward Ford Sangster (1802-1883) an Alexandria resident, and his wife Mary Kendall Lee of the Ditchly Lees. Their children; John ( Jack ), Tom, James ( Jim ), Virginia Lee ( sister ) and Mary Edward ( \"Puss\" ) are all represented in the correspondence. William Wallace Bennett was the fiance, and later, husband of Virginia Lee. Many of Bennett's earlier letters deal with church matters and his impending marriage to Virginia Lee. There are a number of Civil War letters in the collection. A letter dated 1866 to Bennett and several other ministers from Varina Davis on behalf of her imprisoned husband is also included. There are several letters involving Daniel and F.E. Lee, and Sally Ford, all of whom were Sangster cousins.\nThe University Account Book of John Sangster, dated 1856-1859 and listing expenses, weather and classes is placed in a separate series.","This series consists of 2 folders of letters written between William Wallace Bennett and Virginia Lee Sangster during the courtship and married life.  Folder 2 contains many letters written while William was serving as a Methodist chaplain in the Civil War.","Original List of Letters:","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Sister\" [Virginia Sangster], January 25, 1855, Warrenton","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Gennie\" [Virginia Sangster], July 2, 1855, Alexandria","Virginia Lee Sangster to [William Wallace Bennett], July 4, 1855, Clifton","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Virginia\", November 27, 1855, Petersburg","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Virginia\", November 30, 1855, Conference Room","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Virginia\", December 3, 1855, Petersburg","Virginia Sangster to [William Wallace Bennett], [December 3, 1855], Alexandria","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Virginia\", December 5, 1855, Petersburg","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Virginia\", December 6, 1855, Petersburg","Virginia Sangster to \"My Dear Friend [William Wallace Bennett], December 9, 1855, Alexandria","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Virginia\", December 11, 1855, Conference Room","Virginia Sangster to \"My Dearest Friend [William Wallace Bennett], December 13, 1855, Alexandria","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dearest Virginia\", December 15, 1855, Conference Room","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia Sangster Bennett, March 3, 1856, Springfield","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Gennie\", October, 1857, Leesburg","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, May 10, 1858, Nashville","Original List of Contents","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia Sangster Bennett, May 17, 1858, Nashville","Virginia S. Bennett to William Wallace Bennett, June 7, 1858, Alexandria","Virginia SAngster Bennett to W. W. Bennett, August 24, 1858, Alexandria","Virginia S. Bennett to W. W. Bennett, October 8, 1858, Alexandria","Virginia S. Bennett to W. W. Bennett, December 22, 1860, Alexandria","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, Jun 2, 1862, Richmond, VA","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 5, 1862, Richmond, VA","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 9, 1862, Richmond, VA","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 16, 1862, Richmond, VA","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 20, 1862, Richmond","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 25, 1862, Richmond, VA","War Letter, June 6, 1864 (No Names) [signed \"to Virginia\" and from \"WWB\"]","War Letter, June 12, 1864, to \"My Dear Wife\" No signature","Virginia S. Bennett to William Wallace Bennett, April 10, 1866, Nottoway Parsonage","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, April 26, 1866, New Orleans","W. W. Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, April 9 (no year), Leesburg","W. W. Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 22 (no year), Richmond","Virginia S. Bennett to W. W. Bennett, August 1 (no year), Alexandria","W. W. Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, August 5 (no year), Leesburg","Virginia S. Bennett to W. W. Bennett, August 7 (no year), Spring Hill","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, August 13 (no year), Berry's Ferry","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Own Beloved\", November 16 (no year), near Baltimore","June 18 (no year) - illegible [Begins with \"My Dear Wife\"]","This series holds the correspondence between the immediate family of Edward Ford Sangster and Mary Kendall Lee Sangster.","Original list of letters:","Ginnie [Virginia Sangster] to Tom [Thomas R. Sangster], June 6, 1853, Alexandria, VA.","Sister [Virginia] to Tom, Monday night, [Summer 1853]","Sister [Virginia] to \"My very dear brother\" [Tom], October 3, 1853, Alexandria","Edward Sangster to \"Dear sis\" [Virginia], August 16, 1855, Red Sulpher Springs [Now West Virginia]","Brother Jack [John H. Sangster] to Puss [Mary Edward Sangster], October 12, 1856, Charlottesville","J. Sangster [John] to \"My dear sister\" [Virginia Sangster Bennett], October 27, 1856, Charlottesville, VA","Tom Sangster to \"Dear bro\" [John], November 1, 1857, Paris, Kentucky","Jack Sangster to \"Dear Puss\" [Mary] November 8, 1857, Charlottesville","Jack [John] to \"Ma\" [Mary Kendall Lee Sangster], November 16, 1857, Charlottesville, VA","Tom to \"My dear sister\" [Virginia], January 23, 1859","Jack to \"My dear sister\" [Virginia], March 14, 1859, Alexandria","\"Sister\" [Virginia] to \"My dear sister\" [Mary], October 18, 1849, Richmond","Jack to Mary, May 5, 1861, Alexandria, VA","Tom to \"Dear sis\" [Unknown which sister, likely Mary], May 13, 1861, Alexandria, VA","Tom to Mary, Jun 1, 1861, Manassas Station, VA","Tom to sister [Unknown which sister], June 16, 1861","Originial list of Letters: ","Jack Sangster to sister, October 22, 1861, Centerville, VA","James Sangster to sis [Mary Edward Sangster], November 10, 1861, Union Mills","Bettie to Puss [Mary], December 11, 1861, Danville, VA","Jack [John Sangster] to \"My dear sister\" [Virginia Sangster Bennett], January 14, 1862, Centerville, VA","Jack to sister, April 10, 1862, Louisa Court House, VA","Jack to sister, May 8, 1862","Viriginia to Mary Kendal Lee Sanster [mother], May 9, 1863, Richmond, VA","A. J. Sangster [Alexander John] to \"Dear Bro\" [Edward Ford Sangster], January 18, 1866, Moorefield","Sister [Virginia] to sister [Mary], September 24, 1866","Sister [Virginia] to sister [Mary], October 20, 1866","James Sangster to \"Pa\" [Edward Ford Sangster], January 9, 1867, Fairfax County, VA","J. Sangster [James] to \"Pa\" [Edward], December 15, 1867, Fairfax County, VA","E.S. [Edward Sangster, father] to Puss [Mary], September 20, 1868, Fairfax, VA","Mary Lee Bennett [Daughter of Virginia and W. W. Bennett] to William Wallace Bennett with note from Virginia S. Bennett, May 17, 1870, Ashland","\"Mother\" [Virginia S. Bennett] to \"My darling little boys\", July 31, 1881, Baveno (Italy)","To \"My darling precious child\", January 25, 1891, Ashland","Puss [Mary] to mother [Mary Kendall Lee Sangster], Buckingham, March (no year)","Thomas R. Sangster to \"Ma\" [Mary K. L. Sangster], (no date)","Virginia to parents [Edward and Mary Sangster], October 5, (no year), Richmond","This series consists of letters written to Mary Edward \"Puss\" Sangster.  Included are letters written by her cousin Sallie Ford, cousin Daniel M. Lee, a Maj. S. B. Brewer, a Thomas H. Lace, among others.  Any correspondence with her siblings can be found in the Sangster Family Letters series.","Original listing of letters:","\"S. F.\" [Sallie Ford] to \"Puss\" [Mary Edward Sangster], January 21, 1860, Providence","Sallie P. to Mollie [Mary], January 20, 1861, Aberdeen, MS","Sallie Ford to Puss Sangster, March 19, 1861, Leesburg, VA","Sallie Ford to Puss Sangster, May 3, 1861, Fairfax court house, VA","D. M. Lee [Daniel McCarty Lee] to Puss Sangster, May 18, 1861, Alexanria, VA","B. H. Partlow to Mary Edward Sangster, Jun 3, 1861, Rappahannock Co.","Sallie to Puss, Jun 16, 1861, Clover Hill","Daniel to Puss Sangster, June 30, 1861, Camp Pickens, VA","Daniel M. Lee to Puss, July 18, 1861, Tudor Hall, VA","Sallie to PUss, August 1, 1861, Warrentown, VA","Original list of letters:","Sallie [Ford] to \"Puss\" [Mary Edward Sangster] August 10, 1861, Warrenton, VA","Daniel [Daniel McCarty Lee] to \"My dear cousin\" [Mary], March 25, 1862, Orange, C. H.","Alice E. Meisinger to Puss, March 2, 1863","Major S. B. Brewer to M. E. Sangster, November 91, 1863, Richmond, VA","Major S. B. Brewer to M. E. Sangster, January 1, 1864, Richmond, VA","Thomas H. Lace to Mary E. Sangster, May 1, 1864, Camp Sullivans Island, Charleston, SC","Ella to Puss, August 26, 1864, Farmington","Sallie [Ford] to cousin [Mary], January 8, 1865","C. S. to Puss, August 3, 1866, Fairfax County, VA","This series contains all letters that were not within the scope of Series I-III.","Original list of letters:","John L. Young and Issac Kell to Sam Hughes, January 1, 1861","J. H. McVagh to E. Sangster, Esq. [Edward Ford Sangster], August 11, 1863, Lynchburg, VA","Varina Davis to Gentlemen (W. W. Bennett, J. A. Duncan, J. S. R. Clarke, W. W. Duncan, J. S. Lindsay), November 26, 1866, Fortress Monroe [This is a photocopy]","(illegible) May 6, 1868 [Also contains a handwritten note from 1994 attempting to translate the writing in this faded letter]","Signatories (names follow) to the General Assembly of Virginia, January 27, 1870, Alexandria","\"Flea\" to \"My Dearest Old Big\" February 3, 1881, Petersburg","From N. L. A. to \"Dear friend\" September 8, 1882, G. Y. College","Cousin Bettie (Camden?) to Virginia S. Bennett, July 25, 1888, Parkersburg, West Virginia","Jane Sangster to Virginia L. Bennett, Saturday evening - Civil War - (no date), Lynchburg, VA","This folder contains one small notebook used by John Hancock Lee \"Jack\" Sangster during his time at the University of Virginia in the late 1850s.  In it, Jack writes about his courses, expenses, and day to day excursions."],"names_ssim":["Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library","Bennett, Virginia Lee Sangster, 1830-1909","Bennett, William Wallace, 1821-1887","Sangster, James, Judge, 1832-1906","Sangster, Thomas Randolph, 1835-1861","Sangster, John Hancock Lee (Jack)","Sangster, Edward P., 1836-1855","Sangster, Mary Kendall Lee, 1801-1865","Sangster, Edward Ford, 1802-1882","Sangster, Mary Edward (Puss), 1841-1908","Sangster, A. J. (Alexander John), 1806-1875","Bennett, Mary Lee, 1862-1943","Lee, Daniel McCarty, 1837-1862","Ford, Sarah \"Sallie\""],"corpname_ssim":["Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library"],"persname_ssim":["Bennett, Virginia Lee Sangster, 1830-1909","Bennett, William Wallace, 1821-1887","Sangster, James, Judge, 1832-1906","Sangster, Thomas Randolph, 1835-1861","Sangster, John Hancock Lee (Jack)","Sangster, Edward P., 1836-1855","Sangster, Mary Kendall Lee, 1801-1865","Sangster, Edward Ford, 1802-1882","Sangster, Mary Edward (Puss), 1841-1908","Sangster, A. J. (Alexander John), 1806-1875","Bennett, Mary Lee, 1862-1943","Lee, Daniel McCarty, 1837-1862","Ford, Sarah \"Sallie\""],"language_ssim":["English \n.    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Series I, William Bennett and Virginia Sangster Bennett Correspondence, focuses on the correspondence between William Wallace Bennett and Virginia Lee Sangster from courtship to parenthood and documents William's time as a chaplain during the Civil War.  Series II, Sangster Family Letters, holds all correspondence between the immediate Sangster family belonging to Edward and Mary Sangster.  Series III, Mary Edward \"Puss\" Sangster Letters, are a series of letters written to Puss Sangster, as she was known by all.  The majority of this series were written by cousins, though there are some correspondence with Maj. S. B. Brewer, approving Puss to be a clerk in the new Confederate Administration.  Series IV, Miscellaneous Letters, holds all letters written by or to people outside the Sangster family.  Series V, John Hancock Lee Sangster Notebook, holds a single folder with a single notebook belonging to Jack Sangster during his time at the University of Virginia in the late 1850s.","The letters are arranged in chronological order from 1853 to 1891 with undated copies placed at the end. While most of the letters are written to, or by Virginia Sangster Bennett, there is also other correspondence between her brothers John, James and Thomas as well as Mary Edward Sangster, their sister. John and Thomas were killed during the War. The third brother, James, survived and later became a judge in the county court.","William Wallace Bennett (1821-1887) was a noted Methodist Episcopal South minister as well as president of Randolph - Macon College from 1877 until 1886. Bennett served as a chaplain in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and was in England purchasing Bibles for the troops at the end of the war. He and Virginia Lee Sangster were married in 1855.","The letters in this collection center around the children and family of Edward Ford Sangster (1802-1883) an Alexandria resident, and his wife Mary Kendall Lee of the Ditchly Lees. Their children; John ( Jack ), Tom, James ( Jim ), Virginia Lee ( sister ) and Mary Edward ( \"Puss\" ) are all represented in the correspondence. William Wallace Bennett was the fiance, and later, husband of Virginia Lee. Many of Bennett's earlier letters deal with church matters and his impending marriage to Virginia Lee. There are a number of Civil War letters in the collection. A letter dated 1866 to Bennett and several other ministers from Varina Davis on behalf of her imprisoned husband is also included. There are several letters involving Daniel and F.E. Lee, and Sally Ford, all of whom were Sangster cousins.\nThe University Account Book of John Sangster, dated 1856-1859 and listing expenses, weather and classes is placed in a separate series.","This series consists of 2 folders of letters written between William Wallace Bennett and Virginia Lee Sangster during the courtship and married life.  Folder 2 contains many letters written while William was serving as a Methodist chaplain in the Civil War.","Original List of Letters:","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Sister\" [Virginia Sangster], January 25, 1855, Warrenton","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Gennie\" [Virginia Sangster], July 2, 1855, Alexandria","Virginia Lee Sangster to [William Wallace Bennett], July 4, 1855, Clifton","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Virginia\", November 27, 1855, Petersburg","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Virginia\", November 30, 1855, Conference Room","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Virginia\", December 3, 1855, Petersburg","Virginia Sangster to [William Wallace Bennett], [December 3, 1855], Alexandria","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Virginia\", December 5, 1855, Petersburg","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Virginia\", December 6, 1855, Petersburg","Virginia Sangster to \"My Dear Friend [William Wallace Bennett], December 9, 1855, Alexandria","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Virginia\", December 11, 1855, Conference Room","Virginia Sangster to \"My Dearest Friend [William Wallace Bennett], December 13, 1855, Alexandria","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dearest Virginia\", December 15, 1855, Conference Room","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia Sangster Bennett, March 3, 1856, Springfield","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Gennie\", October, 1857, Leesburg","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, May 10, 1858, Nashville","Original List of Contents","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia Sangster Bennett, May 17, 1858, Nashville","Virginia S. Bennett to William Wallace Bennett, June 7, 1858, Alexandria","Virginia SAngster Bennett to W. W. Bennett, August 24, 1858, Alexandria","Virginia S. Bennett to W. W. Bennett, October 8, 1858, Alexandria","Virginia S. Bennett to W. W. Bennett, December 22, 1860, Alexandria","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, Jun 2, 1862, Richmond, VA","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 5, 1862, Richmond, VA","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 9, 1862, Richmond, VA","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 16, 1862, Richmond, VA","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 20, 1862, Richmond","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 25, 1862, Richmond, VA","War Letter, June 6, 1864 (No Names) [signed \"to Virginia\" and from \"WWB\"]","War Letter, June 12, 1864, to \"My Dear Wife\" No signature","Virginia S. Bennett to William Wallace Bennett, April 10, 1866, Nottoway Parsonage","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, April 26, 1866, New Orleans","W. W. Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, April 9 (no year), Leesburg","W. W. Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 22 (no year), Richmond","Virginia S. Bennett to W. W. Bennett, August 1 (no year), Alexandria","W. W. Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, August 5 (no year), Leesburg","Virginia S. Bennett to W. W. Bennett, August 7 (no year), Spring Hill","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, August 13 (no year), Berry's Ferry","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Own Beloved\", November 16 (no year), near Baltimore","June 18 (no year) - illegible [Begins with \"My Dear Wife\"]","This series holds the correspondence between the immediate family of Edward Ford Sangster and Mary Kendall Lee Sangster.","Original list of letters:","Ginnie [Virginia Sangster] to Tom [Thomas R. Sangster], June 6, 1853, Alexandria, VA.","Sister [Virginia] to Tom, Monday night, [Summer 1853]","Sister [Virginia] to \"My very dear brother\" [Tom], October 3, 1853, Alexandria","Edward Sangster to \"Dear sis\" [Virginia], August 16, 1855, Red Sulpher Springs [Now West Virginia]","Brother Jack [John H. Sangster] to Puss [Mary Edward Sangster], October 12, 1856, Charlottesville","J. Sangster [John] to \"My dear sister\" [Virginia Sangster Bennett], October 27, 1856, Charlottesville, VA","Tom Sangster to \"Dear bro\" [John], November 1, 1857, Paris, Kentucky","Jack Sangster to \"Dear Puss\" [Mary] November 8, 1857, Charlottesville","Jack [John] to \"Ma\" [Mary Kendall Lee Sangster], November 16, 1857, Charlottesville, VA","Tom to \"My dear sister\" [Virginia], January 23, 1859","Jack to \"My dear sister\" [Virginia], March 14, 1859, Alexandria","\"Sister\" [Virginia] to \"My dear sister\" [Mary], October 18, 1849, Richmond","Jack to Mary, May 5, 1861, Alexandria, VA","Tom to \"Dear sis\" [Unknown which sister, likely Mary], May 13, 1861, Alexandria, VA","Tom to Mary, Jun 1, 1861, Manassas Station, VA","Tom to sister [Unknown which sister], June 16, 1861","Originial list of Letters: ","Jack Sangster to sister, October 22, 1861, Centerville, VA","James Sangster to sis [Mary Edward Sangster], November 10, 1861, Union Mills","Bettie to Puss [Mary], December 11, 1861, Danville, VA","Jack [John Sangster] to \"My dear sister\" [Virginia Sangster Bennett], January 14, 1862, Centerville, VA","Jack to sister, April 10, 1862, Louisa Court House, VA","Jack to sister, May 8, 1862","Viriginia to Mary Kendal Lee Sanster [mother], May 9, 1863, Richmond, VA","A. J. Sangster [Alexander John] to \"Dear Bro\" [Edward Ford Sangster], January 18, 1866, Moorefield","Sister [Virginia] to sister [Mary], September 24, 1866","Sister [Virginia] to sister [Mary], October 20, 1866","James Sangster to \"Pa\" [Edward Ford Sangster], January 9, 1867, Fairfax County, VA","J. Sangster [James] to \"Pa\" [Edward], December 15, 1867, Fairfax County, VA","E.S. [Edward Sangster, father] to Puss [Mary], September 20, 1868, Fairfax, VA","Mary Lee Bennett [Daughter of Virginia and W. W. Bennett] to William Wallace Bennett with note from Virginia S. Bennett, May 17, 1870, Ashland","\"Mother\" [Virginia S. Bennett] to \"My darling little boys\", July 31, 1881, Baveno (Italy)","To \"My darling precious child\", January 25, 1891, Ashland","Puss [Mary] to mother [Mary Kendall Lee Sangster], Buckingham, March (no year)","Thomas R. Sangster to \"Ma\" [Mary K. L. Sangster], (no date)","Virginia to parents [Edward and Mary Sangster], October 5, (no year), Richmond","This series consists of letters written to Mary Edward \"Puss\" Sangster.  Included are letters written by her cousin Sallie Ford, cousin Daniel M. Lee, a Maj. S. B. Brewer, a Thomas H. Lace, among others.  Any correspondence with her siblings can be found in the Sangster Family Letters series.","Original listing of letters:","\"S. F.\" [Sallie Ford] to \"Puss\" [Mary Edward Sangster], January 21, 1860, Providence","Sallie P. to Mollie [Mary], January 20, 1861, Aberdeen, MS","Sallie Ford to Puss Sangster, March 19, 1861, Leesburg, VA","Sallie Ford to Puss Sangster, May 3, 1861, Fairfax court house, VA","D. M. Lee [Daniel McCarty Lee] to Puss Sangster, May 18, 1861, Alexanria, VA","B. H. Partlow to Mary Edward Sangster, Jun 3, 1861, Rappahannock Co.","Sallie to Puss, Jun 16, 1861, Clover Hill","Daniel to Puss Sangster, June 30, 1861, Camp Pickens, VA","Daniel M. Lee to Puss, July 18, 1861, Tudor Hall, VA","Sallie to PUss, August 1, 1861, Warrentown, VA","Original list of letters:","Sallie [Ford] to \"Puss\" [Mary Edward Sangster] August 10, 1861, Warrenton, VA","Daniel [Daniel McCarty Lee] to \"My dear cousin\" [Mary], March 25, 1862, Orange, C. H.","Alice E. Meisinger to Puss, March 2, 1863","Major S. B. Brewer to M. E. Sangster, November 91, 1863, Richmond, VA","Major S. B. Brewer to M. E. Sangster, January 1, 1864, Richmond, VA","Thomas H. Lace to Mary E. Sangster, May 1, 1864, Camp Sullivans Island, Charleston, SC","Ella to Puss, August 26, 1864, Farmington","Sallie [Ford] to cousin [Mary], January 8, 1865","C. S. to Puss, August 3, 1866, Fairfax County, VA","This series contains all letters that were not within the scope of Series I-III.","Original list of letters:","John L. Young and Issac Kell to Sam Hughes, January 1, 1861","J. H. McVagh to E. Sangster, Esq. [Edward Ford Sangster], August 11, 1863, Lynchburg, VA","Varina Davis to Gentlemen (W. W. Bennett, J. A. Duncan, J. S. R. Clarke, W. W. Duncan, J. S. Lindsay), November 26, 1866, Fortress Monroe [This is a photocopy]","(illegible) May 6, 1868 [Also contains a handwritten note from 1994 attempting to translate the writing in this faded letter]","Signatories (names follow) to the General Assembly of Virginia, January 27, 1870, Alexandria","\"Flea\" to \"My Dearest Old Big\" February 3, 1881, Petersburg","From N. L. A. to \"Dear friend\" September 8, 1882, G. Y. College","Cousin Bettie (Camden?) to Virginia S. Bennett, July 25, 1888, Parkersburg, West Virginia","Jane Sangster to Virginia L. Bennett, Saturday evening - Civil War - (no date), Lynchburg, VA","This folder contains one small notebook used by John Hancock Lee \"Jack\" Sangster during his time at the University of Virginia in the late 1850s.  In it, Jack writes about his courses, expenses, and day to day excursions.","Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library","Bennett, Virginia Lee Sangster, 1830-1909","Bennett, William Wallace, 1821-1887","Sangster, James, Judge, 1832-1906","Sangster, Thomas Randolph, 1835-1861","Sangster, John Hancock Lee (Jack)","Sangster, Edward P., 1836-1855","Sangster, Mary Kendall Lee, 1801-1865","Sangster, Edward Ford, 1802-1882","Sangster, Mary Edward (Puss), 1841-1908","Sangster, A. J. (Alexander John), 1806-1875","Bennett, Mary Lee, 1862-1943","Lee, Daniel McCarty, 1837-1862","Ford, Sarah \"Sallie\"","English \n.    "],"unitid_tesim":["MS294"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Sangster Papers (MS294)"],"collection_title_tesim":["Sangster Papers (MS294)"],"collection_ssim":["Sangster Papers (MS294)"],"repository_ssm":["Alexandria Library"],"repository_ssim":["Alexandria Library"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift of Elizabeth R. Cannon, 1994-1995"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":[".21 Linear Feet 1 box"],"extent_tesim":[".21 Linear Feet 1 box"],"date_range_isim":[1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is organized into five series.  Series I, William Bennett and Virginia Sangster Bennett Correspondence, focuses on the correspondence between William Wallace Bennett and Virginia Lee Sangster from courtship to parenthood and documents William's time as a chaplain during the Civil War.  Series II, Sangster Family Letters, holds all correspondence between the immediate Sangster family belonging to Edward and Mary Sangster.  Series III, Mary Edward \"Puss\" Sangster Letters, are a series of letters written to Puss Sangster, as she was known by all.  The majority of this series were written by cousins, though there are some correspondence with Maj. S. B. Brewer, approving Puss to be a clerk in the new Confederate Administration.  Series IV, Miscellaneous Letters, holds all letters written by or to people outside the Sangster family.  Series V, John Hancock Lee Sangster Notebook, holds a single folder with a single notebook belonging to Jack Sangster during his time at the University of Virginia in the late 1850s.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection is organized into five series.  Series I, William Bennett and Virginia Sangster Bennett Correspondence, focuses on the correspondence between William Wallace Bennett and Virginia Lee Sangster from courtship to parenthood and documents William's time as a chaplain during the Civil War.  Series II, Sangster Family Letters, holds all correspondence between the immediate Sangster family belonging to Edward and Mary Sangster.  Series III, Mary Edward \"Puss\" Sangster Letters, are a series of letters written to Puss Sangster, as she was known by all.  The majority of this series were written by cousins, though there are some correspondence with Maj. S. B. Brewer, approving Puss to be a clerk in the new Confederate Administration.  Series IV, Miscellaneous Letters, holds all letters written by or to people outside the Sangster family.  Series V, John Hancock Lee Sangster Notebook, holds a single folder with a single notebook belonging to Jack Sangster during his time at the University of Virginia in the late 1850s."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe letters are arranged in chronological order from 1853 to 1891 with undated copies placed at the end. While most of the letters are written to, or by Virginia Sangster Bennett, there is also other correspondence between her brothers John, James and Thomas as well as Mary Edward Sangster, their sister. John and Thomas were killed during the War. The third brother, James, survived and later became a judge in the county court.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wallace Bennett (1821-1887) was a noted Methodist Episcopal South minister as well as president of Randolph - Macon College from 1877 until 1886. Bennett served as a chaplain in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and was in England purchasing Bibles for the troops at the end of the war. He and Virginia Lee Sangster were married in 1855.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["The letters are arranged in chronological order from 1853 to 1891 with undated copies placed at the end. While most of the letters are written to, or by Virginia Sangster Bennett, there is also other correspondence between her brothers John, James and Thomas as well as Mary Edward Sangster, their sister. John and Thomas were killed during the War. The third brother, James, survived and later became a judge in the county court.","William Wallace Bennett (1821-1887) was a noted Methodist Episcopal South minister as well as president of Randolph - Macon College from 1877 until 1886. Bennett served as a chaplain in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and was in England purchasing Bibles for the troops at the end of the war. He and Virginia Lee Sangster were married in 1855."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Item identification], Sangster Papers (MS294), Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Item identification], Sangster Papers (MS294), Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe letters in this collection center around the children and family of Edward Ford Sangster (1802-1883) an Alexandria resident, and his wife Mary Kendall Lee of the Ditchly Lees. Their children; John ( Jack ), Tom, James ( Jim ), Virginia Lee ( sister ) and Mary Edward ( \"Puss\" ) are all represented in the correspondence. William Wallace Bennett was the fiance, and later, husband of Virginia Lee. Many of Bennett's earlier letters deal with church matters and his impending marriage to Virginia Lee. There are a number of Civil War letters in the collection. A letter dated 1866 to Bennett and several other ministers from Varina Davis on behalf of her imprisoned husband is also included. There are several letters involving Daniel and F.E. Lee, and Sally Ford, all of whom were Sangster cousins.\nThe University Account Book of John Sangster, dated 1856-1859 and listing expenses, weather and classes is placed in a separate series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of 2 folders of letters written between William Wallace Bennett and Virginia Lee Sangster during the courtship and married life.  Folder 2 contains many letters written while William was serving as a Methodist chaplain in the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal List of Letters:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Sister\" [Virginia Sangster], January 25, 1855, Warrenton\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Gennie\" [Virginia Sangster], July 2, 1855, Alexandria\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Lee Sangster to [William Wallace Bennett], July 4, 1855, Clifton\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Virginia\", November 27, 1855, Petersburg\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Virginia\", November 30, 1855, Conference Room\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Virginia\", December 3, 1855, Petersburg\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Sangster to [William Wallace Bennett], [December 3, 1855], Alexandria\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Virginia\", December 5, 1855, Petersburg\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Virginia\", December 6, 1855, Petersburg\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Sangster to \"My Dear Friend [William Wallace Bennett], December 9, 1855, Alexandria\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Virginia\", December 11, 1855, Conference Room\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Sangster to \"My Dearest Friend [William Wallace Bennett], December 13, 1855, Alexandria\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wallace Bennett to \"My Dearest Virginia\", December 15, 1855, Conference Room\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wallace Bennett to Virginia Sangster Bennett, March 3, 1856, Springfield\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wallace Bennett to \"My Dear Gennie\", October, 1857, Leesburg\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, May 10, 1858, Nashville\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal List of Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wallace Bennett to Virginia Sangster Bennett, May 17, 1858, Nashville\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVirginia S. Bennett to William Wallace Bennett, June 7, 1858, Alexandria\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVirginia SAngster Bennett to W. W. Bennett, August 24, 1858, Alexandria\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVirginia S. Bennett to W. W. Bennett, October 8, 1858, Alexandria\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVirginia S. Bennett to W. W. Bennett, December 22, 1860, Alexandria\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, Jun 2, 1862, Richmond, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 5, 1862, Richmond, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 9, 1862, Richmond, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 16, 1862, Richmond, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 20, 1862, Richmond\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 25, 1862, Richmond, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWar Letter, June 6, 1864 (No Names) [signed \"to Virginia\" and from \"WWB\"]\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWar Letter, June 12, 1864, to \"My Dear Wife\" No signature\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVirginia S. Bennett to William Wallace Bennett, April 10, 1866, Nottoway Parsonage\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, April 26, 1866, New Orleans\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eW. W. Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, April 9 (no year), Leesburg\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eW. W. Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 22 (no year), Richmond\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVirginia S. Bennett to W. W. Bennett, August 1 (no year), Alexandria\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eW. W. Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, August 5 (no year), Leesburg\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVirginia S. Bennett to W. W. Bennett, August 7 (no year), Spring Hill\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, August 13 (no year), Berry's Ferry\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wallace Bennett to \"My Own Beloved\", November 16 (no year), near Baltimore\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJune 18 (no year) - illegible [Begins with \"My Dear Wife\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series holds the correspondence between the immediate family of Edward Ford Sangster and Mary Kendall Lee Sangster.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal list of letters:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGinnie [Virginia Sangster] to Tom [Thomas R. Sangster], June 6, 1853, Alexandria, VA.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSister [Virginia] to Tom, Monday night, [Summer 1853]\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSister [Virginia] to \"My very dear brother\" [Tom], October 3, 1853, Alexandria\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEdward Sangster to \"Dear sis\" [Virginia], August 16, 1855, Red Sulpher Springs [Now West Virginia]\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBrother Jack [John H. Sangster] to Puss [Mary Edward Sangster], October 12, 1856, Charlottesville\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJ. Sangster [John] to \"My dear sister\" [Virginia Sangster Bennett], October 27, 1856, Charlottesville, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTom Sangster to \"Dear bro\" [John], November 1, 1857, Paris, Kentucky\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJack Sangster to \"Dear Puss\" [Mary] November 8, 1857, Charlottesville\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJack [John] to \"Ma\" [Mary Kendall Lee Sangster], November 16, 1857, Charlottesville, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTom to \"My dear sister\" [Virginia], January 23, 1859\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJack to \"My dear sister\" [Virginia], March 14, 1859, Alexandria\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Sister\" [Virginia] to \"My dear sister\" [Mary], October 18, 1849, Richmond\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJack to Mary, May 5, 1861, Alexandria, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTom to \"Dear sis\" [Unknown which sister, likely Mary], May 13, 1861, Alexandria, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTom to Mary, Jun 1, 1861, Manassas Station, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTom to sister [Unknown which sister], June 16, 1861\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginial list of Letters: \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJack Sangster to sister, October 22, 1861, Centerville, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJames Sangster to sis [Mary Edward Sangster], November 10, 1861, Union Mills\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBettie to Puss [Mary], December 11, 1861, Danville, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJack [John Sangster] to \"My dear sister\" [Virginia Sangster Bennett], January 14, 1862, Centerville, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJack to sister, April 10, 1862, Louisa Court House, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJack to sister, May 8, 1862\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eViriginia to Mary Kendal Lee Sanster [mother], May 9, 1863, Richmond, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA. J. Sangster [Alexander John] to \"Dear Bro\" [Edward Ford Sangster], January 18, 1866, Moorefield\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSister [Virginia] to sister [Mary], September 24, 1866\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSister [Virginia] to sister [Mary], October 20, 1866\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJames Sangster to \"Pa\" [Edward Ford Sangster], January 9, 1867, Fairfax County, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJ. Sangster [James] to \"Pa\" [Edward], December 15, 1867, Fairfax County, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eE.S. [Edward Sangster, father] to Puss [Mary], September 20, 1868, Fairfax, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMary Lee Bennett [Daughter of Virginia and W. W. Bennett] to William Wallace Bennett with note from Virginia S. Bennett, May 17, 1870, Ashland\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Mother\" [Virginia S. Bennett] to \"My darling little boys\", July 31, 1881, Baveno (Italy)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTo \"My darling precious child\", January 25, 1891, Ashland\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePuss [Mary] to mother [Mary Kendall Lee Sangster], Buckingham, March (no year)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThomas R. Sangster to \"Ma\" [Mary K. L. Sangster], (no date)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVirginia to parents [Edward and Mary Sangster], October 5, (no year), Richmond\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of letters written to Mary Edward \"Puss\" Sangster.  Included are letters written by her cousin Sallie Ford, cousin Daniel M. Lee, a Maj. S. B. Brewer, a Thomas H. Lace, among others.  Any correspondence with her siblings can be found in the Sangster Family Letters series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal listing of letters:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"S. F.\" [Sallie Ford] to \"Puss\" [Mary Edward Sangster], January 21, 1860, Providence\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSallie P. to Mollie [Mary], January 20, 1861, Aberdeen, MS\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSallie Ford to Puss Sangster, March 19, 1861, Leesburg, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSallie Ford to Puss Sangster, May 3, 1861, Fairfax court house, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eD. M. Lee [Daniel McCarty Lee] to Puss Sangster, May 18, 1861, Alexanria, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eB. H. Partlow to Mary Edward Sangster, Jun 3, 1861, Rappahannock Co.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSallie to Puss, Jun 16, 1861, Clover Hill\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDaniel to Puss Sangster, June 30, 1861, Camp Pickens, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDaniel M. 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A letter dated 1866 to Bennett and several other ministers from Varina Davis on behalf of her imprisoned husband is also included. There are several letters involving Daniel and F.E. Lee, and Sally Ford, all of whom were Sangster cousins.\nThe University Account Book of John Sangster, dated 1856-1859 and listing expenses, weather and classes is placed in a separate series.","This series consists of 2 folders of letters written between William Wallace Bennett and Virginia Lee Sangster during the courtship and married life.  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Bennett, May 10, 1858, Nashville","Original List of Contents","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia Sangster Bennett, May 17, 1858, Nashville","Virginia S. Bennett to William Wallace Bennett, June 7, 1858, Alexandria","Virginia SAngster Bennett to W. W. Bennett, August 24, 1858, Alexandria","Virginia S. Bennett to W. W. Bennett, October 8, 1858, Alexandria","Virginia S. Bennett to W. W. Bennett, December 22, 1860, Alexandria","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, Jun 2, 1862, Richmond, VA","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 5, 1862, Richmond, VA","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 9, 1862, Richmond, VA","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 16, 1862, Richmond, VA","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 20, 1862, Richmond","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 25, 1862, Richmond, VA","War Letter, June 6, 1864 (No Names) [signed \"to Virginia\" and from \"WWB\"]","War Letter, June 12, 1864, to \"My Dear Wife\" No signature","Virginia S. Bennett to William Wallace Bennett, April 10, 1866, Nottoway Parsonage","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, April 26, 1866, New Orleans","W. W. Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, April 9 (no year), Leesburg","W. W. Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, June 22 (no year), Richmond","Virginia S. Bennett to W. W. Bennett, August 1 (no year), Alexandria","W. W. Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, August 5 (no year), Leesburg","Virginia S. Bennett to W. W. Bennett, August 7 (no year), Spring Hill","William Wallace Bennett to Virginia S. Bennett, August 13 (no year), Berry's Ferry","William Wallace Bennett to \"My Own Beloved\", November 16 (no year), near Baltimore","June 18 (no year) - illegible [Begins with \"My Dear Wife\"]","This series holds the correspondence between the immediate family of Edward Ford Sangster and Mary Kendall Lee Sangster.","Original list of letters:","Ginnie [Virginia Sangster] to Tom [Thomas R. Sangster], June 6, 1853, Alexandria, VA.","Sister [Virginia] to Tom, Monday night, [Summer 1853]","Sister [Virginia] to \"My very dear brother\" [Tom], October 3, 1853, Alexandria","Edward Sangster to \"Dear sis\" [Virginia], August 16, 1855, Red Sulpher Springs [Now West Virginia]","Brother Jack [John H. Sangster] to Puss [Mary Edward Sangster], October 12, 1856, Charlottesville","J. Sangster [John] to \"My dear sister\" [Virginia Sangster Bennett], October 27, 1856, Charlottesville, VA","Tom Sangster to \"Dear bro\" [John], November 1, 1857, Paris, Kentucky","Jack Sangster to \"Dear Puss\" [Mary] November 8, 1857, Charlottesville","Jack [John] to \"Ma\" [Mary Kendall Lee Sangster], November 16, 1857, Charlottesville, VA","Tom to \"My dear sister\" [Virginia], January 23, 1859","Jack to \"My dear sister\" [Virginia], March 14, 1859, Alexandria","\"Sister\" [Virginia] to \"My dear sister\" [Mary], October 18, 1849, Richmond","Jack to Mary, May 5, 1861, Alexandria, VA","Tom to \"Dear sis\" [Unknown which sister, likely Mary], May 13, 1861, Alexandria, VA","Tom to Mary, Jun 1, 1861, Manassas Station, VA","Tom to sister [Unknown which sister], June 16, 1861","Originial list of Letters: ","Jack Sangster to sister, October 22, 1861, Centerville, VA","James Sangster to sis [Mary Edward Sangster], November 10, 1861, Union Mills","Bettie to Puss [Mary], December 11, 1861, Danville, VA","Jack [John Sangster] to \"My dear sister\" [Virginia Sangster Bennett], January 14, 1862, Centerville, VA","Jack to sister, April 10, 1862, Louisa Court House, VA","Jack to sister, May 8, 1862","Viriginia to Mary Kendal Lee Sanster [mother], May 9, 1863, Richmond, VA","A. 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