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Thomas Palentini (?), Richmond,Virginia, to Mr. Alexander C. Garrett, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1850 Box 1, Folder 4

Scope and Contents Asks that if he has received any money from Mr. Cooke or from Mr. William Jones to please forward it to him; notices that Mr. (?) is not at college this year and requests him to see if he can procure the $15 he owes him; has written to Mr. Henry Porter, who owes him $12, instructing him to give the money to him (ACG).

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Garrett Family Papers, 1786/1928
  3. Correspondence
  4. Letters, 1850/1851

Unknown, Williamsburg, Virginia, to "Sir", 1830 Box 1, Folder 1

Scope and Contents Defines happiness as consisting "of the exercises of the mind, and the development of its various faculties"; believes learning is for the "favoured many"; advocates the stimulation of the mind as a way to bring moral virtues into the light "from the darkness in which they were enveloped, and the latent sparks of the moral faculty, Concience (sic), amp; virtue (are) kindled into a flame and excited to action."

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Garrett Family Papers, 1786/1928
  3. Correspondence
  4. Letters, 1825/1839

Van F. Garrett, London, to Miss Mary Winder Garrett, Black Mountain, North Carolina, 1909 Box 1, Folder 13

Will travel from the port at Savannah, Georgia, by train to Black Mountain on their return journey; thanks her for her sweet letters; reports that he has visited Old Barking Church where they saw the Winder Cenotaph and encloses the inscription, describing the ancestry of John Winder of Grays Inn, buried there in 1699; has seen the original charter for the College of William and Mary.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Garrett Family Papers, 1786/1928
  3. Correspondence
  4. Letters, 1906/1909

Van F. Garrett, Wiliamsburg, Virginia, to his sisters the Misses Garrett, Dublin, Virginia, 1913 Box 1, Folder 14

Describes his return trip to Williamsburg; reports that everything is nice and green and the crops are quite good; shares news of Williamsburg; informs her that Williamsburg just missed the violent storm that swept up the Atlantic coast on the first.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Garrett Family Papers, 1786/1928
  3. Correspondence
  4. Letters, 1910/1914

Van F. Garrett, Williamsburg, Virginia, to his sisters the Misses Garrett, Washington Sanitorium, Takoma Park, Washington, D.C., 1917 Box 1, Folder 15

Informs her that his children are doing well on their examinations; reports that many of the boys at the college have had to leave school, either to enlist or to work on the farms; is glad to hear she has the doctor's permission to leave the sanitorium soon and hopes her recovery is permanent.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Garrett Family Papers, 1786/1928
  3. Correspondence
  4. Letters, 1915/1928

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