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The Adam Empie letters are arranged chronologically by item.
Adam Empie was born in 1785 in Schenectady, New York. He attended Union College, graduating in 1807. Empie studied for the ministry and taught at the Classical Academy, becoming an ordained decon in the Episcopal Church in 1809. He was chaplain and professor at the United States Military Academy and moved to Williamsburg, Virginia in 1827 to serve as rector of Bruton Parish Church. Empie became president of William & Mary after Reverend William Holland Wilmer died. Empie resigned from his role at the college in 1836 to take a postion as rector of St. James Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia. Empie was outspoken about his opposition to slavery and was known for baptising and marrying African American members of his parishes. Empie died in 1860 in Wilmington, North Carolina.
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Adam Empie letters, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
Collection of twelve letters written by Rev. Adam Empie, the twelfth president of the College of William & Mary, to Professor William B. Rogers at the University of Virginia.
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