Superintendent, Correspondence, 1839-1870, Incoming (Francis H. Smith)

Creator:

Smith, Francis H. (Francis Henney), 1812-1890

Extent:

20 Linear Feet

Scope and content:

Incoming correspondence of VMI's first Superintendent, Francis H. Smith, for the period 1839-1870. The original 19th century filing order has been retained. Each incoming letter was assigned a number by Smith's secretary; these letters were then filed numerically by letter number within each year. Some years were further broken down into alphabetical sections (A-K; L-Z etc.) and thus have more multiple numerical sequences within an individual year. It is therefore the case that some years have more than one letter number 1, 2 etc. Some letters for the year 1870 are missing; occasional other missing letters are identifed on the index; however the series is largely complete. These letters are indexed by name of sender. Outgoing letters for the period are located in bound letter books, which are arranged chronologically.

Language:

English

Names:

Smith, Francis H. (Francis Henney), 1812-1890

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