<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US"/><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Thomas W. White commission document<num>MS.0183</num></titleproper></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Virginia Military Institute Archives</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/logos/vmi.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><address><addressline>VMI Archives</addressline><addressline>Preston Library</addressline><addressline>Lexington, VA 24450</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 540-464-7516</addressline><addressline>archives@vmi.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="http://www.vmi.edu/archives" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="http://www.vmi.edu/archives" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-04-09 17:47:24 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="und" scriptcode="Zyyy">Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script</language>.</langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Thomas W. White commission document</unittitle>
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      <persname role="sgn" source="lcsh">Letcher, John, 1813-1884</persname>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 items</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation">1863 June 27</unitdate>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Thomas W. White commission document, 1863 June 27. MS 0183. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
  <bioghist id="aspace_d25d33aa4eb589121eaefb3647af5e51">
    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>Thomas Wilson White was born in 1846 in Abingdon, Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1867 and was a New Market cadet. He also was a farmer. White died in 1907 in Abingdon.</p>  </bioghist>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>This collection consists of one commission document (dated June 27, 1863) that appoints Thomas W. White a second lieutenant with the Abingdon Virginia Militia. The document is signed by Governor John Letcher.</p>  </scopecontent>
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<p>There are no restrictions.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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<p>Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may not be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <subject source="lcsh">Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1867</subject>
    <subject source="local">New Market Cadets</subject>
    <subject source="local">Virginia—Militia—History</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Military commissions</genreform>
    <subject source="lcsh">United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865</subject>
    <persname rules="dacs" source="lcsh">White, Thomas W. (Thomas Wilson), 1846-1907</persname>
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