<?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" mainagencycode="US-viw">William-Wiatt-Papers</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Wiatt, William Papers</titleproper><titleproper>Guide to the William Wiatt Papers <num>SC 00003</num></titleproper><author>Special Collections Staff.</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Special Collections Research Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/logos/wm.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>2007-06-01</date></p><address><addressline>William &amp; Mary Special Collections Research Center</addressline><addressline>Earl Gregg Swem Library</addressline><addressline>400 Landrum Dr</addressline><addressline>Williamsburg, Virginia</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 757-221-3090</addressline><addressline>spcoll@wm.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-05-15 12:20:01 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>English</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>William Wiatt Papers</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname source="local">Glassell, Andrew</persname>
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    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname source="local">Wiatt, William</persname>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.18 Linear Feet</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1747/1785" type="inclusive">1747-1785, undated</unitdate>
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    <head>Acquisition Information:</head>
<p>Purchase</p>  </acqinfo>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Access:</head>
<p>Collection is open to all researchers. Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Manuscripts and Rare Books Librarian, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Preferred Citation:</head>
<p>William Wiatt Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>Chiefly letters by William Wiatt, merchant of Fredericksburg, Va. to his brother, Francis Wiatt, Liverpoool, Eng., mostly concerning business affairs, but touching on the French and Indian War, Virginia, youth and the coming of the American Revolution. The collection also includes three letters by Andrew Glassell, merchant of Fredericksburg concerning the Baptists.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Related Materials</head>
<p>Mss. MsV Ap39, William E. Wiatt Account Book, 1856-1881.</p>  </relatedmaterial>
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    <genreform source="aat">Correspondence</genreform>
    <subject source="lcsh">Baptists--Virginia--History</subject>
    <subject source="local">Fredericksburg (Va.)--History--18th century</subject>
    <subject source="local">Merchants--Virginia--Fredericksburg</subject>
    <subject source="local">United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783</subject>
    <persname source="local">Wiatt, Francis</persname>
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  <dsc><c id="aspace_c2ba9e0569d6f188daaa7570f0891fcd" level="file"><did><unittitle>Correspondence</unittitle><unitid>id283237</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/132064</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1747-1775, undated</unitdate><container altrender="Full Hollinger Box" id="aspace_28fcff14e652d0db464522ed6c334ad1" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">Small Collections Box 1</container><container id="aspace_a63311d066e797eb8a466e0bce8f41cc" parent="aspace_28fcff14e652d0db464522ed6c334ad1" type="folder">1</container></did></c><c id="aspace_736937764e51b2d4801827858ab08b5c" level="file"><did><unittitle>Correspondence</unittitle><unitid>id309767</unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/132063</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1773 June 26, August 3</unitdate><container altrender="Oversize Box 16 x 20" id="aspace_825bb39c582d94da35666045561324d9" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">Small Collections Oversize Box 2</container><container id="aspace_12cb7cd0a0673803319538fce1670c09" parent="aspace_825bb39c582d94da35666045561324d9" type="Oversize_Folder">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_c49b1a229ed525a85a426f8e3efbfeb9"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Two letters to Francis Wiatt dated 1773 June 26 and 1773 August 3 and one note from Wiatt dated 1775 April 18.</p></scopecontent></c></dsc>
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