Sheldon business papers and accounts, 1826-1857.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Sheldon business papers and accounts, 1826-1857.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22603849

Papers, 1826-1857, (including accounts and memorandum books) of various mercantile firms with which Jacob D. Sheldon was associated in Williamsburg, Va. such as Jacob Sheldon & Co.; Cole & Sheldon; Sheldon & Maupin; Peachy & Sheldon; Thomas G. Peachy & Co.; and W. W. Webb & Co. Also includes papers of Jacob C. Sheldon and of Roscow Cole. The collection includes accounts with professors and students at the College of William and Mary and with the College itself; with Eastern State Hospital; and with other Williamsburg residents. College people include Thomas Roderick Dew, Adam Empie, William Barton Rogers and Robert Saunders.

1,654 items.

William & Mary Libraries

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7078431

William & Mary Libraries

Related Entities

There are 7 Entities related to this resource.

College of William and Mary.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wx19gk (corporateBody)

Saunders, Robert, 1805-1868.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vd79fx (person)

Robert Saunders was born 25 January 1805 in Williamsburg, Virginia. He attended the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia. Saunders served as professor of mathematics at William and Mary from 1833 to 1848 and was president of the college 1847-1848. He was a captain in the Confederate States Army, head of Eastern State Hospital, mayor of Willamsburg, vestryman of Bruton Parish and served in the Virginia State Senate. Saunders married Lucy Burwell Page in 1828 and had, among o...

Dew, Thomas R. (Thomas Roderick), 1802-1846

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vd798p (person)

Thomas R. Dew was born 5 December 1802, the son of Thomas Dew and Lucy E. Gatewood Dew. Dew graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1820. He was appointed to teach political law in 1826 and in 1836 was made president of the college. He died in 1846, shortly after his marriage to Natalia Hay. A free-trader and a pro-slavery advocate, Dew's works included Lectures on the Restrictive System, Review of the Debate in the Virginia Legislature of 1831 and 1832 [later incorporated into the Pro...

Rogers, William Barton, 1804-1882

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d2211v (person)

Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Virginia from 1835-1853. In the years following his departure, he founded and was president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Boston. From the description of Papers of William Barton Rogers [manuscript], 1843 December 19. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647837261 Shields was a student from Cumberland County, Va.; afterwards a captain and surgeon, C.S.A., then physician and farmer in Union Count...

Sheldon, Jacob C., f. 1826-1857.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v4162q (person)

Empie, Adam, 1785-1860

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6611bqz (person)

Adam Empie was born 5 September 1785 in Schenectady, N. Y. He was educated at Union College, Schenectady. He served St. George's Church, Hempstead,Long Island and St. James Parish, Wilmington. He was chaplain and professor at United States Military Academy. He was president of the College of William and Mary, 1827-1836. He resigned to be rector of St. James Episcopal Church, Richmond. From the description of Papers, 1821-1956, 1821-1856. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat reco...

Eastern State Hospital (Va.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pz91fb (corporateBody)