Berkeley Family Papers

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College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
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Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
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Berkeley Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Foot
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Berkeley Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Family correspondence of the Rev. Parke Farley Berkeley, an Episcopal minister, his sister, Ann Butler (Berkeley) Berkeley, and his wife Mary Eppes (Thweatt) Berkeley; and of Mary B. Thweatt. Includes letters from Lewis Minor at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio.

Letter, 18 February 1835, details a stagecoach ride; letter, 21 December 1844, discusses agricultural meetings and the division and sale of slaves to settle an estate; and letter, 30 August 1862, written by Charles Middleton, describes and justifies his failed suicide attempt.

Item 1: Lewis W. Minor, at Gambier, [Ohio], to Parke Farley Berkeley, at Mont Pelier Post Office, Hanover County, Virginia, August 9th, 1828 Item 2: [Lewis W. Minor] to his cousin, Ann [ ? ], August 15th, 1828 On same sheet as Lewis W. Minor to Parke Farley Berkeley, August 9th, 1828. Item 3: L[ewis]W. Minor, at K[enyon] C[ollege], Gambier, [Ohio], to Parke Farley Berkeley, at Edgewood, near Mt. Pelier, Hanover County, Virginia, January 13, 1829 Item 4: Ann B. Berkeley, at Edgewood, [Hanover County, Virginia], to Parke Farley Berkeley, at the Theological Seminary, near Alexandria, D.C., January 25th, 1831 Also includes typed transcript. Item 5: Lucy Calthorpe Smith to [Parke Farley Berkeley]. On same sheet as Ann B. Berkeley to Parke Farley Berkeley, January 25th, 1831. Also includes typed transcript. Item 6: Ellen [ ? ] to her cousin, Miss [ ? ] Thweatt, at Mantua, [Chesterfield County, Virginia], [1831?] Item 7: [ ? ] , at Solitude, to her cousin, Mary E. Thweatt, at Colesville Post Office, Chesterfield county, Virginia, September 25, 1833 Postmarked Memphis, Tennessee. Item 8: Maria [ ? ], at Fox Harbour, to [Mary E.] Thweatt, at Colesville Post Office, Chesterfield [County], September 26, 1833 Postmarked Office Tavern, [Amelia County], Virginia. Item 9: E[ ? ] A[ ? ], at Vaucluse, to Mary E. Thweatt, at Mantua, Chesterfield [County, Virginia], December 16th, 1833 Item 10: E[ ? ] A[ ? ] to Mary E. Thweatt, at Colesville Post Office, Chesterfield County, Virginia, March 3d, 1834 Item 11: L. Thweatt, at Eppington, to Rev. Park[e]F. Berkeley, at the Theological Siminary [Seminary], near Alexandria, D.C., March 8, 1834 Item 12: [ ? ], to Winchester, to Rev. P. Farley Berkeley, at the Theological Seminary, near Alexandria, D.C., March 10, 1834 Item 13: Maria [ ? ], at Sugar Tree Grove, to her cousin, [Mary E.] Thweatt, at Colesville Post Office, Chesterfield [County], Virginia, February 18th, 1835 Letter details a stagecoach ride. Postmarked Nashville, Tennessee. Item 14: M. W. Spooner, at Baltimore, to Mary E. Thweatt, at Coles Ville Post Office, Chesterfield County, Virginia., September 4, 1835 Item 15: Mat [ ? ] , at Mill Brook, to her sister, Mary E. Thweatt, at Wilkinsonville Post Office, Chesterfield County, Virginia, September 1836 Item 16: Carter Berkeley, at Edgewood, [Hanover County], to Rev. P. Farley Berkeley, at Wilkinsonville, Chesterfield County, Virginia, 25th September 1837 Item 17: Carter Berkeley, at Edgewood, [Hanover County], to Rev. P. Farley Berkeley, at Wilkinsonville, Chesterfield County, Virginia, 22d March 1838 Item 18: F. N. B[erkeley]to Mary [Berkeley]. On same sheet as Carter Berkeley to P. Farley Berkeley, 22d March 1838. Item 19: Thomas Nelson, at Oakland, [Hanover County], to Rev. Parke Farley Berkeley, at Wilkinsonville Post Office, Chesterfield County, Virginia. Also includes typed transcript. Postmarked Taylorsville. Item 20: Mary [Thweatt], at Mantua, [Chesterfield County], to Rev. P. F. Berkeley, at Alexandria, D.C., May 20th, 1841 Item 21: L. H. Minor, at Edgewood, to Rev. P. Farley Berkeley, at Wilkinsonville, Chesterfield [County]., March 27, 1843 Item 22: Robert C. Berkeley, at Broomfield, Hanover [County], to Rev. Parke F. Berkeley, at Amelia Court House, 21st December 1844 Mutilated. Letter discusses agricultural meetings and the division and sale of slaves to settle an estate. Item 23: C. F. M[ ? ], at White Sulphur Springs, [Greenbrier County], to her brother, Rev. Parke F. Berkeley, at Mantua, Chesterfield County, Virginia, July 25, 1858 Item 24: Charles Middleton, at Wintapoke [Winterpock] Post Office, Chesterfield County, Virginia, to Rev. P. F. Berkeley, at Winterham Post Office, Amelia County, Virginia, 30th August 1862 Letter describes and justifies Charles Middleton's failed suicide attempt. Item 25: E. G. L[acy], at The Refuge, to "my dear cousin,", February 27, 1865 Item 26: L. H. Minor to Rev. P. F. Berkeley, at Mantua, Wilkinsonville, Chesterfield County., Undated Incomplete. Postmarked Hanover, Virginia, March 8th.

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