Augustine Smith Papers, 1787/1793

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 reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Augustine Smith Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.18 Linear Feet
Creator:
Smith, Augustine
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Augustine Smith Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Includes courtship letters between Dr. Augustine Smith of Yorktown, Va. to Alice Grymes Page of "Rosewell," Gloucester County, Va. whom he later married. Also includes correspondence, 1792, between Smith and John Page, seeking permission to marry Alice Page. Also includes a poem by Smith about his love for Alice and a certificate of Smith's course study at University of Edinburgh.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Augustine Smith married Alice Grymes Page, daughter of John Page. After his death in 1805, she married Dudley Digges. Tombstone inscription gives her death date as 10 May 1846. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Acquisition information:
Gift
Arrangement:

Chronological

Physical description:
15 items