Folder 3: Walter L. Fontaine and Brown Correspondence

Containers:
Box 1, Folder 3
Scope and content:

Notice of debt paid to Walter L. Fontaine in 1813 and a letter written to a Mr. Bentley from R.F Scruggs concerning the Fontaine estate in 1876. Harold S. Wilson did a paper on the Fontaine Maury family. Walter L. Fontaine was a soldier in the Confederate Army.

A promise to pay a loan in the amount of $500 to a John J. Brown from February 14, 1865 to December 15, 1867. Mentioned in the notice is the town of Buckingham and includes an envelope copy addressed Mr. S.S. Brown of Buckingham County, Virginia. The notice is signed by R.B Shan and D.S. Parrack D.C.

To Mr. B.M. Brown from J.R Phillips dated March 31, 1875 from Ingleside. It mentions a J.J. Clairbourn and Jenny Meadran.

Access and use

Location of collection:
Old Dominion University
3023 Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library
Old Dominion University
4427 Hampton Blvd
Norfolk, VA 23529
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jessica Ritchie
Phone: (757) 683-4483
Fax: (757) 683-5954
Parent restrictions:
Open to researchers without restrictions.
Parent terms of access:
Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 3, Walter L. Fontaine and Brown Correspondence, 1813-1876, Harold S. Wilson Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.