Vest Family Papers, 1866-1887.

Access and use

Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Douglas Mayo
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Phone: (757) 565-8520
Fax: (757) 565-8528
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Librarian/ Associate Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and the holder of the copyright, if not the Rockefeller Library at Colonial Williamsburg.

Preferred citation:

Vest Family Papers, Manuscript MS 91.17, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Summary

Creator:
Vest family. George S. Vest. William W. Vest.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Vest Family Papers, Manuscript MS 91.17, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence of George S. Vest of Williamsburg to Mary Garrett Vest before and after their marriage. Also letters of W.W. Vest to Mary Garrett Vest Watkins after the death of George S. Vest and her remarriage. Letters concern personal matters relating to courtship and daily events with some scattered mention of Williamsburg. Letters of W.W. Vest concern the education of his grandsons (sons of George S. Vest, George and Walter Vest) at the Virginia Military Institute.

Acquisition information:
Gift, 1991.
Arrangement:

Chronologically arranged.

Physical description:
12 items.