<?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" findaidstatus="completed" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-viw">Hugh-B-Grigsby-Esquire-letters</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Hugh B. Grigsby Esquire letters</titleproper><titleproper>Guide to the Hugh B. Grigsby Esquire letters <num>SC 01881</num></titleproper><author>Mark Brady</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>2024 October</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 13:36:08 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1854/1869" type="inclusive">1854-1869 </unitdate>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>Collection is open to all researchers. 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>Arrangement</head>
<p>The letters are arranged chronologically in 1 folder.</p>  </arrangement>
  <bioghist id="aspace_a336ff3376e003cbd7471ba948ec572c">
    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>Hugh B. Grigsby was chancellor of William &amp; Mary and a member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1828-1830). He attended Yale, served as a lawyer, and operated the plantation of Edgehill.</p>  </bioghist>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Hugh B. Grigsby Esquire letters, Special Collections Research Center, William &amp; Mary Libraries.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Content Description</head>
<p>The collection consists of three letters written to Grisby from Ewell, Lamb, and Harrison.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>The papers include three letters adressed to Hugh B. Grisby. The letters all mention the College of William &amp; Mary.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Use</head>
<p>Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <subject source="Library of Congress Subject Headings">Letter writing</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Letters (correspondence)</genreform>
    <subject source="local">Lawyers--Virginia--19th century</subject>
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