Smith-Digges Papers 1789-1843

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:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Smith-Digges Papers, Manuscript #1931.7, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Summary

Creator:
Smith, Augustine.
Abstract:
Papers of Dr. Augustine Smith (post 1769-1805) of Yorktown, Virginia, a friend of Thomas Nelson, and of his daughter, Lucy Calthorpe Smith, who married Ralph Wormeley Digges.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Smith-Digges Papers, Manuscript #1931.7, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Background

Scope and content:

Included are Dr., Smith's letterbook, 1789-1791, containing copies of letters to friends and business associates in Edinburgh and London, as well as miscellaneous verses and essays, many in a different hand; letter, 1835 April 10, Susanna Nelson Page to Lucy Calthorpe Smith Digges, giving a biography of Lucy Grymes Nelson (1743-1830); "My Table and its History," a memorial to Lucy Grymes Nelson; poems attributed to Elizabeth Frances Mann Digges Pendleton, and one by Augustine Smith; and miscellaneous loose advertisements, essays, bills, and obituaries for Thomas Nelson, Dudley Digges, Mary Berkeley Minor and Matthew Pope. Second volume is a memorandum book of notes about ministers and sermons.

Signed by Edmund Pendleton.

Rug Swamp, Hanover County, [Susanna Nelson Page] to Mrs. Ralph W. Digges, Locust Lodge, Louisa County. Contains a biographical sketch of Lucy Grymes Nelson.

Poem by Sally N. Berkeley for Lucy [Digges].

A memorial to Lucy Grymes probably written by Mrs. Ralph Wormeley Digges.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1931.
Arrangement:

Individual items arranged chronologically.

Physical location:
On site.
Physical description:
2 volumes and 18 items.