PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00490::William Leete Stone Sr. and Jr. Collection)//EN" "ViU00490.sgm" A Guide to the William Leete Stone Sr. and Jr. CollectionStone, William Leete Sr. and Jr. 7215-aProcessed by Special Collections Dept. staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Courtney BoissonnaultFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. University of Virginia Library © 1997 By the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. All rights reserved.

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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect. [Date of source: 1997. Description is in English. Feb 16, 2004 PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00490::William Leete Stone Sr. and Jr. Collection)//EN" "ViU00490.sgm" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Feb 27, 2004 converted to conform to eadVIVA.dtd by vivastrict.xsl A Guide to the William Leete Stone Sr. and Jr. Collection A Collection in the Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature 7215-a

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 1997 Special Collections Department Staff 1997 Courtney Boissonnault Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, #7215-a Descriptive Summary University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
William Leete Stone Sr. and Jr. Collection 1824-1894 7215-a 9 items English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

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See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

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William Leete Stone Sr. and Jr. Collection, Accession 7215-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

 Acquisition Information

Deposit [ 1963 Dec 17] 1967 Feb 20

 Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

 Item Listing Manuscripts Page 65 from History of the Buccaneers of America n. d. AMs, 1 p.

[Includes ANS by William Leete Stone, Jr.on verso.]

 List of works by William Leete Stone, Sr. n. d. AMs, 1 p. Letters William Leete Stone Sr.to [George Lathrop] Perkins 1831 Aug 21 ALS, 3 p.

[Discusses Iroquois Indians, whose history interested Stone; speculates on the spelling of the Chieftain's name, On-kos or Uncas; says that, after meeting the English colonists, the chief was sometimes called Paquim or Paquiam, as well as Unca; tries to get Perkins' help, as Perkins seems to be an authority on the subject.]

 William Leete Stone, Jr.to Benson John Lossing 1877 Jan 16 ALS, 1 p.

[Asks him to become one of his subscribers; says he is convinced that he will enjoy the publication.]

 William Leete Stone, Jr.to Benson John Lossing 1877 Dec 4 Printed Postcard

[In Stone's hand; asks him to remit $2.25, the price of Bargain. ]

 William Leete Stone, Jr.to Benson John Lossing 1877 Dec 31 ALS, 2 p.

[Discusses the publication of Bargainand related financial matters.]

 William Leete Stone, Jr.to Joseph [Bradford] Carr 1885 Nov 23 ALS, 2 p.

[Requests volume XV of the Colonial History of New York. ]

 William Leete Stone, Jr.to H. Norris, Jr. 1894 Mar 10 ALS, 1 p.

[Sends him the first installment [of autographs] on loan.]

 William Leete Stone, Jr.to H. Norris, Jr. 1894 Mar 12 ALS, 2 p.

[Says he has sent off more autograph letters to Norris with the promise of more to come; thanks him for the subscription; advises him on the arrangement of his autograph collection.]