Collection: Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Papers, 1784/1934, bulk 1830/1892 / Date range: 1845 - ARVAS Search Results

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Accounts, 1805/1859 Box 3, Folder 21, Object 1

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Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Papers, 1784/1934, bulk 1830/1892 3.5 Linear Feet

Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, 1810-1894

This collection contains materials dated 1784-1934. It includes correspondence, legal papers, and accounts, chiefly 1830-1892, of Benjamin S. Ewell, professor at the U.S. Military Academy, Hampden-Sydney College, Washington and Lee College, and the College of William and Mary (which he served as acting president, 1848-1849, and president, 1854-1888). Letters from Ewell during the Civil War when he was assistant adjutant-general to Gen. Joseph E. Johnston are included as well. Among the correspondents are members of the Tyler, Ewell, Campbell, and Brown families of Virginia and Tennessee. The collection also contains the memorandum book on the Ewell family by Elizabeth S. Ewell.

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Box 5: Bible, 1810/1919 Box 5

Ewell Family Bible, published by Williams and Whiting in 1810, which is signed by Thomas Ewell. Family records are in the center of the Bible, first entry is the birth of Thomas Ewell in 1784 and last entry is 1918. Contains newspaper obituaries. A few loose notes about births and deaths.

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Ephemera, 1835/1881 Box 3, Folder 29

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Ewell (Elizabeth S.), at Georgetown, D.C., to Benjamin S. Ewell, at Prince Edward Court House, Virginia, 1845 Box 1, Folder 15, Object 16

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Ewell (Elizabeth) to Rebecca L. Ewell, at Georgetown, D.C. Postmarked Buckland, 1845 Box 1, Folder 13, Object 6

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Ewell (Rebecca L.), at Stony Lonesome, Prince William County, Virginia, to B. S. Ewell, at Hampden Sydney College, Prince Edward Courthouse, Virginia, 1845 Box 2, Folder 3, Object 8

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Ewell (Thomas), at Alum Springs, Rockbridge County, Virginia, to Benjamin S. Ewell, at Hampden Sydney College, Prince Edward Court House, Virginia, 1845 Box 2, Folder 5, Object 16

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Ewell (Thomas), at Jackson, Tennessee, to B. S. Ewell, at Hampden Sydney College, Prince Edward Court House, Virginia, 1845 Box 2, Folder 5, Object 17

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Greenleaf (Mary L.), at Hillside, to Benjamin S. Ewell, at Prince Edward Court House, Virginia. Postmarked Charlotte Court House, Virginia, 1845 Box 2, Folder 8, Object 8

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