Farmers-Account-Book-Williamsburg-VirginiaFarmer's Account BookGuide to the Farmer's Account Book, Williamsburg, Virginia Mss. MsV Af23 OversizeSCRC Staff.Special Collections Research Center

2013-09-27

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-05-15 12:45:03 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard Special Collections Research Center Farmer's Account Book, Williamsburg, Virginia Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935 Mss. MsV Af23 Oversize /repositories/2/resources/5600 0.20 Linear Feet 1909-1911 bound volume. English Biographical Information: Lyon Gardiner Tyler was the son of John Tyler (1790-1862) and his second wife Julia Gardiner Tyler. He received a master's degree from the University of Virginia and was professor at the College of William and Mary and principal of Memphis Academy. He established a law practice in Richmond and served in the Virginia House of Delegates. He became president of William and Mary in 1888, serving until 1919. Tyler married twice, to Anne Baker Tucker Tyler (1860-1921) and to Sue Ruffin Tyler who died in 1953. Tyler founded the <i&gt;William and Mary Quarterly&lt;/i&gt; and <i&gt;Tyler's Quarterly&lt;/i&gt; and was the author of the <i&gt;Letters and Times of the Tylers, Parties and Patronage in the United States, England in America&lt;/i&gt; and <i&gt;History of Virginia: Volume II The Federal Period&lt;/i&gt;. He edited <i&gt;Men of Mark in Virginia, Narratives of Early Virginia&lt;/i&gt; and the <i&gt;Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography&lt;/i&gt;. Tyler served as president of the College of William and Mary from 1888 until 1919. Conditions Governing Use:

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Farmer's Account Book, Williamsburg, Virginia 1909-1911, (MsV Af23 Oversize), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

 Scope and Contents

Account book, 1909-1911, of an unidentified farmer, Williamsburg, Va. Includes accounts with the College of William and Mary and with Lyon G. Tyler.

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