F. E. Garnett Letter, 1878

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
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Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], F. E. Garnett Letter, Ms1987-056, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Garnett, F. E. and Wharton, Gabriel C. (Gabriel Colvin), 1824-1906
Abstract:
The collection contains one letter by F. E. Garnett to General Gabriel Wharton dated August 30, 1878, inquirying about Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College for the potential education of his nephews.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], F. E. Garnett Letter, Ms1987-056, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains one letter by F. E. Garnett of Rapid Ann Station (later Rapidan, Virginia) to General Gabriel Wharton dated August 30, 1878, inquirying about Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College for the potential education of his nephews.

Biographical / historical:

Gabriel Colvin Wharton was born in Culpeper County, Virginia, on July 23, 1824. After graduating from Virginia Military Institute in 1847, Wharton became a civil engineer, working in Arizona and elsewhere. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, Wharton was appointed a major within the 45th Virginia Infantry. Soon after, he was promoted to colonel, commanding the 51st Virginia Infantry. In July 1863, Wharton was promoted to brigadier general, commanding a brigade guarding southwestern Virginia railroads and participating in the battles of New Market and Cold Harbor, among others. Wharton married Nannie Radford in 1863; following the war, the couple made their home in Radford, Virginia.

Wharton resumed his civil engineering career and was instrumental in building a railroad in the New River Valley. In 1871, he began the first of several terms in the Virginia General Assembly. From 1874-1877, he served on the Board of Visitors for Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, including a term as Rector from 1875-1877. Gabriel Wharton died in Radford in 1906.

There is a Franklin Edmond Garnett (1826-1913) buried in Crooked Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Rapidan, Virginia.

Source: "Franklin Edmond Garnett" entry, Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26208842/franklin-edmund-garnett, accessed Dec. 12, 2022.

Acquisition information:
The collection was acquired by Special Collections prior to 1987.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the F. E. Garnett Letter was completed in October 2013.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard