Diaries and papers, 1835-1909.

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Diaries and papers, 1835-1909.

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Diaries, 1855, 1859-1861, 1864-1909, of William Lamb, written while a student at the College of William and Mary, newspaper editor, commander of Fort Fisher, coal merchant, member of the Board of Visitors and Rector of William and Mary. Collection also includes diary, 1861, and some letters of his wife Sarah Annie Chaffee Lamb as well as page proofs and other material relating to the publication of Letters from the Colonel's Lady (Winnabow, N.C., 1965). Two additions to the collection (1993.49 and Sm. Coll. Add. 13) include photographs of Mrs. William Lamb and daughter Sally Lamb, William Lamb, Jrs and Frances [?], speeches, pamphlets and illustrations as well as a scrapbook of newspaper clippings relating to the Battle of Fort Fisher and William Lamb.

Total 79 items.Diaries 52 volumes.Papers 27 items.

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College of William and Mary.

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Lamb, Sarah Annie Caffee, 1837-1892.

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Lamb, William, 1835-1909

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William Lamb was born on 7 September 1835 and lived in Norfolk, Va. for most of his life. He was educated at the College of William and Mary and edited the Southern Argus. During the Civil War, he commanded Fort Fisher, N.C. After the war, he was a coal dealer, an advocate of direct trade with Europe, mayor of Norfolk and a member of the Republican Party. Lamb was Rector of the College of William and Mary. He died 23 March 1909. From the description of Diaries and papers, 1835-1909. ...