George W. Erving letter

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

George W. Erving, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Feet One legal size folder.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

George W. Erving, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains a letter written by George W. Erving, after canvasing parts of Virginia for the election of 1800, stating that the Jeffersonians would be the clear winners.

Biographical / historical:

George W. Erving was a British born political operative. Erving worked with Samuel Adams. This letter indicates that Erving travelled Virginia to poll Norfolk, Richmond, and Fredericksburg before the election of 1800. In this letter, which was preseumably written back to Massachusetts, Erving conlcuded that the Jerffersonians would win the election.

Arrangement:

The George W. Erving letter is arranged into one series.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard