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Letters from Conway Whittle II, Norfolk and Charlottesville, Virginia, 1855 Box 10, Folder 6

Financial affairs of his sisters; G. P. R. James; George Tucker; yellow fever epidemic; trip to "Monticello"; retirement of Matthew Fontaine Maury by the Navy Board; death of James Whittle; and attending lectures at University of Virginia.

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Letters from Conway Whittle II, Norfolk and Richmond, Virginia, 1856 Box 10, Folder 7

Matthew Fontaine Maury; selling of Frances Lewis' lot; discussion of G.P.R. James' books; the Merrimack; success of sisters' lawsuit; burning of his house; decision to repair his house; ordering house materials from Philadelphia; and his feelings concerning slavery. Includes letters from Mary Eliza (Whittle) Sams.

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Letters from Conway Whittle II, Norfolk, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., 1845 Box 10, Folder 3

Education of children; getting his sisters involved in efforts to remain as Collector of the Customs; and his being turned out of office; cholera in Norfolk; and a disagreement in The Richmond Enquirer with Myer Myers.

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Letters from Conway Whittle II, Norfolk, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., 1850/1853 Box 10, Folder 4

Trying to decide on a career after being dismissed as Collector of Customs; death of Dr. John Whittle; financial affairs of his sisters; election of 1852; use of public library in Richmond; trip to Washington to try to gain politicial appointment in Pierce's administration with the help of the Tyler family and Caleb Cushing; paving in Norfolk; and the running of gas pipes.

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Letters from Conway Whittle II, Norfolk, Virginia, Pinopolis, South Carolina and Washington, D.C., 1859/1861 Box 10, Folder 10

His feelings at the impending marriage of daughter Mary Eliza Whittle to James Julius Sams; visit to Littleton Waller Tazewell; restoration of Captain Armstrong to active list of Navy; wedding of daughter to J. J. Sams; description of Pinopolis; sentiments on external slave trade; illness, death and burial of Littleton Waller Tazewell; viewing of a large vessel The Great Eastern; and a tour of the White House. Includes letter of Grace (Whittle) Sams.

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Letters from Conway Whittle II, Norfolk, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Maryland, 1840/1848 Box 10, Folder 2

Books at the Library of Congress; trip by Governor Thomas Walker Gilmer to tour the Dismal Swamp Canal; lawsuit concerning Fortescue Whittle; discussion of smallpox vaccination; financial affairs of his sisters; election of 1848; and offers for his sister's property in Norfolk.

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  2. Conway Whittle Papers, 1773/1911, bulk 1801/1867
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Letters from Conway Whittle II, Norfolk, Virginia, White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., 1822/1839 Box 10, Folder 1

Cholera in Norfolk; seeing Henry Clay at White Sulphur Springs; Dr. Henry William Ducacket; financial affairs of his sisters; illness and death of General Robert Barraud Taylor; offfers for their lot in rear of Cumberland St.; trip to and books looked at in the Library of Congress; new pastor at the Episcopal Church; his work as Collector of Customs; the education of his daughters; and his appointment as director of Dismal Swamp Canal Company.

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  2. Conway Whittle Papers, 1773/1911, bulk 1801/1867
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  4. Box 10: Correspondence (Whittle II, Conway)

Letters from Conway Whittle II, Washington, D.C., Norfolk, Virginia, Salt Sulphur Springs, Virginia and Warm Springs, Virginia, 1858 Box 10, Folder 9

Looked at State Department letters of General Washington concerning Major Andre; restoration of naval officers to active status; concert for benefit of poor; accident to Hugh Blair Grigsby (run over by omnibus while crossing Broad St. in Richmond); intimate friendship of George Tucker and Grigsby; description of various springs; met Reverand Barnwell who has declined presidency of William and Mary; engagement of Mary Eliza Whittle to James Julius Sams; and death of Mrs. Tazewell.

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  2. Conway Whittle Papers, 1773/1911, bulk 1801/1867
  3. Series 1: Papers
  4. Box 10: Correspondence (Whittle II, Conway)

Letters from Tyler, John to Conway Whittle Box 8, Folder 6

Re: his approach to the administration; death of Mrs. Buchanan and her burial at Easthampton, he loved her as a sister. Mrs. Tyler and his sons John and Tazewell accompanied her mother to the funeral. Tyler is left alone with the charge of four children. Re: Mr. Whitehead. Tyler's troubles with the press; reporters misrepresented him. They have taken a statement out of context.

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  5. Tyler, John, "Sherwood Forest, " (Charles City County, Virginia) and Washington, D.C., Norfolk, Virginia, and "Villa Margaret, " to Conway Whittle, Norfolk, Virginia

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