Acc. 2011.218 was received by the SCRC from the seller via U.S.P.S. on 4/12/2011. Acquisition information for material received after 7/13/2009 is available by consulting a Special Collections Research Center staff member.
Acc. 2011.218 accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in April 2011. Acc. 2013.025 accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in February 2013.
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James McDowell Letters, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
This collection contains of letters written to James McDowell (Governor of Virginia from 1843-1846, Member of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1846-1851) by students at the College of William and Mary.
The first letter, dated April 6, 1840 and written by student Benjamin F. Garrett, is an invitation to deliver an address to the Frankliniaen Society, a 19th century student organization at William and Mary. The second letter, dated March 26, 1845 and written by student Jonathan R. Coupland, is an invitation for McDowell to become an honorary member of the Licivyronean Society, a literary society at William and Mary. The third letter, dated May 1, 1847 and written by John L. Scott, John E. Friend, Charles R. MacAlpine, and William H. Mitchell (members of the class of 1847), is an invitation addressed to the Honorable James McDowell, United States Congressman (Va.), to attend commencement excercises at William and Mary on July 4, 1847.