Letters, 1833/1851

Containers:
Box 2, Folder 5
Scope and content:

Letter commenting on strong anti-Slavery feeling in western Virginia, September 16, 1845. Letter from Columbia Female Institute, near Nashville, Tennessee, November 24, 1849. Letter from Meridianville, Alabama on crops, life, etc., May 10, 1846. Joseph C. Cabell in Virginia House of Delegates on the bank bill and James River Canal Bill, January 22, 1833. Letter on Whig celebration in Harrisonburg, Virginia of Zachary Taylor's election, November 27,1848. Letter from Spring Grove, Tennessee on Whig Celebration of Taylor's election, November 17, 1848. Letter from L.N. Ligon, member of Virginia Constitutional Convention, on debates over representation, April 30, 1851. University of Virginia student's letter on his busy schedule and examinations, December 17, 1835. Letter from Natchez, Mississippi on the scarcity of money and difficult times, August 16, 1836. Letter on financial depression in Lynchburg, March 25, 1837. Letter from Powhatan Female Seminary, November 6. Letter from Madison Cross Roads, Alabama on students withdrawal and flight from University of Virginia, June 3, 1851. Letter from student at Hampden-Sydney College, February 23, 1842.

Access and use

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College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
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