Dabney H. Maury, Jr., Letters, 1891/1892

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
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560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
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The collection is open for research.

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Dabney H. Maury, Jr., Letters, Ms2008-063, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Maury, Dabney H., Jr., 1863-1933
Abstract:
The Dabney H. Maury, Jr., Letters are a collection of missives written from 1891 to 1892 to Lieutenant Wirt Robinson, stationed at West Point, concerning Robinson's proposed trip to Colombia. Significant topics include travel in Colombia, bird-hunting, and the fear of disease.
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], Dabney H. Maury, Jr., Letters, Ms2008-063, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The Dabney H. Maury, Jr., Letters are a collection of three missives written from Colombia in 1891 to 1892 to Lieutenant Wirt Robinson, an officer stationed at West Point. The letters primarily concern Robinson's proposed trip to Colombia. Salient topics include Maury's trip to England, Colombian topography and weather, the difficulty of bringing arms into the country, the exportation and inflation of skins, bird-hunting, fear of disease, and Robinson's desire to resign from the army. Mentioned geographic locations within Colombia are Honda (Tolima), Barranquilla, and Chaparral.

[with envelope]

Biographical / historical:

Dabney H. Maury, Jr., was born in 1863 in Mississippi. The son of a celebrated Confederate general and the U.S. minister to Colombia from 1885 to 1889, Maury likely followed his father to South America. In 1900 both Maury and his father were in Peoria, Illinois, when General Dabney H. Maury, Sr., died. While in Peoria, Maury illustrated and provided a detailed description of the auxiliary hydraulic pumping plant of the Peoria Water Company. In 1891-1892, Maury was once again in Colombia working for a mining company. Maury married Mary Macaw in Richmond, Virginia, around 1893; the union produced two children. Dabney H. Maury, Jr., died May, 1933.

Acquisition information:
The Dabney H. Maury, Jr., Letters were purchased by Special Collections in 1993.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Dabney H. Maury, Jr., Letters occurred in August 2008.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Places:
Colombia