Daingerfield Papers, 1833-1851

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.

Terms of access:

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

Preferred citation:

Daingerfield Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Creator:
Daingerfield Family.
Abstract:
Letters of Mrs. Sallie Withrow Daingerfield to family members. Includes letters from Edward Randolph Edmunds.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Daingerfield Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Letters, 1833-1840, from Sallie Withrow Daingerfield at "Belleplane" [or "Belleplain"] Richmond County, Va. to her husband Joseph F. Daingerfield, member of the Virginia House of Delegates; to her sister Margaret A. Withrow at Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, Va. [now W. Va.]; and to her brother John Withrow.

Includes letters, 1850-1851, from Edward Randolph Edmunds in London, Eng. and Florence, Italy to his sister Sallie Edmunds (Mrs. Edwin Short Edmunds) describing his travels; and a letter, 1930, concerning the military service of Joseph F. Daingerfield.

Postmarked Warsaw.

Postmarked Port Republic

Postmarked Lewisburgh, Va.

Concerning the record of Joseph F. Daingerfield.

Acquisition information:
Gift, 31 March 1930.
Arrangement:
Arrangement

Collection is arranged chronologically.

Collection is arranged chronologically.

Organization

The inventory has been divided into three series. Series 1 are the letters of S. M. Daingerfield, series 2 are letters of Edward R. Edmunds and series 3 is a letter concerning the West Point record of Joseph F. Daingerfield.

The inventory has been divided into three series. Series 1 are the letters of S. M. Daingerfield, series 2 are letters of Edward R. Edmunds and series 3 is a letter concerning the West Point record of Joseph F. Daingerfield.

Physical description:
8 items.