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Booklet for The Galt Literary Society which was organized by "the young men of William R. Galt's school."

Notes on the early history of Virginia and a tribute written "to the memory of my father the Rev. Benjamin Porter Grigsby" by Hugh Blair Grigsby.

Typed transcript of a letter written to W. R. Galt by Colonel John B. Cary of Richmond, Virginia about the Scervant Family, dated 1875 August 16. Handwritten note on bottom of letter: original of this letter is in the possession of W.R. Galt's granddaughter, Mary M. Galt.

Charts, notes, news clippings, and correspondence about Galt Family genealogy.

Notes on Dr. Alexander Dickie Galt by William R. Galt and a handwritten paper on Alexander Galt, the sculptor, by Hugh B. Grigsby with a carbon typescript, published 1863 February 3 in the Richmond Inquirer. A "Memoria Sacrum" poem by James Barron Hope in memory of "Alexander Galt, The Sculptor."

Correspondence with Fitzgerald Flournoy, Henry Riely, other genealogists, family members and organizations about the Grigsby and Galt families. Of particular note is Fitzgerald Flournoy who organized the Grigsby Papers for Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, and his writings about different family members. One unpublished report, "The Lot of the Defeated" is included. Correspondence with Henry Riely, a lawyer with the firm McGuire, Riely and Eggleston in Richmond, Virginia centers on the Carrington Family. Includes notes on the families and Norfolk Historical Society inquiries.

Notes, correspondence and copies of documents relating to the Grigsby and Galt Families. Includes notes on the Whitehead Family. Other notes on collateral families of Scervant, Ware, Marston, Finch, McPherson, Silvester, and others. Includes a reprint of the 1863 obituary of Captain Reuben Grigsby from the Richmond Enquirer; 1896 article from the Central Presbyterian on the Old Stone Church in Lewistown, Virginia with a mention of Reverend Benjamin Grigsby, the father of Hugh Blair Grigsby and a handwritten copy of the James Galt family Bible. Some reports written by Mary Meares Galt. Includes a note written on a paper bag, "Home - Woodside, Mrs. Dr. John M. Galt, Dr. John M. Galt, MD - C.S.A. Children, Eva Dulaney Galt, Herbert Randolph Galt" and a 1870 November 14 invoice for tuition for the "Misses C. & M. Skinner" paid by Honorable J. B. Whitehead.

Carbon typescript of paper entitled "Mr. Grigsby: Athlete, Orator, Author", author and date unknown.

Undated handwritten and typescript of "Memoir of John Minson Galt, Jr." by W. R. Grigsby. 1941 September issue of "Virginia Medical Monthly" with an article on "Dr. John Minson Galt and the Williamsburg Asylum" by P. G. Hamlin.