Papers, 1790-1898, 1842-1887.

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Papers, 1790-1898, 1842-1887.

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Papers, 1790-1898, of the Holmes family. Chiefly letters, 1842-1887, received by George Frederick Holmes, educator, concerning the College of William and Mary, the University of Mississippi, and the University of Virginia. Correspondents include William Campbell Preston, Andrew Steele Fulton, Robert Saunders and Charles Minnigerode. Collection also includes papers, 1790-1822, of the Floyd and Preston families; album, 1844-1849, kept by Eliza Lavalette Floyd Holmes consisting of plant leaves, newspapers and memorials to her son and a drawing by Thomas C. Milington of the gravesite of John Floyd Holmes; and papers, concerning the estate of George Frederick Holmes.

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Holmes, John Floyd.

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College of William and Mary.

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Minnigerode, Charles, 1814-1894

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Holmes, George Frederick, 1820-1897

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Editor, scholar, author, historian, and educator. From the description of Papers of George Frederick Holmes, 1785-1893. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77755999 University of Virginia professor. From the description of The days of the week, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135343 From the description of Letter to Alexander Delmar, 1866 January 19. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 54858549 From the description of T...

Fulton, Andrew Steele, 1800-1884

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University of Virginia

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University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...

Preston, William C. (William Campbell), 1794-1860

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Lawyer and college adminstrator of South Carolina; member of S.C. House of Representatives, 1828-1834, and the U.S. Senate, 1833-1842; president of South Carolina College, Columbia, S.C., 1845-1851, and trustee, 1851-1857; an 1812 graduate of South Carolina College; studied law at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland; practiced law in Virginia and S.C.; formed law partnership with David J. McCord, 1832; founded the Columbia Antheneum; husband of Maria Coalter and Penelope Davis. Fro...

University of Mississippi

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Millington, Thomas C., fl. 1836-1850.

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Saunders, Robert, 1805-1868.

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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...

Holmes, George Frederick, 1820-1897

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Editor, scholar, author, historian, and educator. From the description of Papers of George Frederick Holmes, 1785-1893. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77755999 University of Virginia professor. From the description of The days of the week, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135343 From the description of Letter to Alexander Delmar, 1866 January 19. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 54858549 From the description of T...

Holmes family.

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