Wise-Ware Family Papers, 1846-1871.

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:

Wise-Ware Family Papers, Manuscript MS 80.5, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Summary

Creator:
Wise family. Ware family. E. H. Levetz. Slater Parkes. Elizabeth Wise. William S. Ware.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Wise-Ware Family Papers, Manuscript MS 80.5, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Background

Scope and content:

Personal and business papers of the Wise and Ware families. Included among the papers are a letter from Parkes Slater in Williamsburg to William S. Ware concerning the unpaid taxes of his sister, Elizabeth [Ware] Wise; also includes a letter from E. H. Levetz in Williamsburg to Mrs. Wise offering to purchase part of a lot "next to Dick Christian's" owned by her and by Mr. Ware's children; and a letter from W[illiam] S. Ware to his sister, Elizabeth C. Wise, in Williamsburg. Also includes a letter from Elizabeth Wise to Sally [?] mentioning the weddings of Lucy and Sarah Welsh and a trip to Richmond. Business papers include a store account and a tuition receipt.

Biographical / historical:

Whether or not either of these families ever resided in Williamsburg, and if so, for how long, has not been ascertained. Though, it is thought that Elizabeth Wise resided in Williamsburg.

Acquisition information:
Gift, 1979.
Arrangement:

Chronologically arranged.

Physical description:
6 items.