G. E. Roberts Letter

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
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish material from the G. E. Roberts Letter must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: G. E. Roberts Letter, Ms2019-026, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Abstract:
The G. E. Roberts Letter contains information pertaining to an African American man shooting a white doctor, Dr. Hammet, in Christiansburg, VA. The letter is written to Walter J. Reeve in Central Depot, VA on February 8, 1874.
Language:
The letter is in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: G. E. Roberts Letter, Ms2019-026, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The G. E. Roberts Letter contains information pertaining to an African American man shooting a white doctor, Dr. Hammet, in Christiansburg, VA. The letter is written to Walter J. Reeve in Central Depot, VA on February 8, 1874.

Biographical / historical:

George E. Roberts was born in 1834 in Montgomery County, VA. He was a white merchant in Central Depot, Virginia. He married Julia A. Cofer on May 4, 1859 in Pulaski, VA. They had five children. Roberts died on June 7, 1887.

Dr. James Preston Hammet (b. 1833) of Christiansburg, VA was a surgeon with both Whites and African-Americans patients. Following an incident where he was shot by an African-American patient, he continued to practice medicine. He died in lived until 1879.

Acquisition information:
The G. E. Roberts Letter was purchased by Special Collections in 2018.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the G. E. Roberts Letter was completed in June 2019.