Papers of William M. Burwell [manuscript], 1734-1893.

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Papers of William M. Burwell [manuscript], 1734-1893.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647881033

The collection of papers consists chiefly of the letters and miscellaneous writings of William MacCreary Burwell. Also include early household accounts of the Burwell family; autographed letter signed, 1813 November 13, William Harris Crawford to William A. Burwell; and "The Lost Will" and "A Girl's Life in Virginia Before the War" by Letitia M. Burwell. Correspondence relating to internal improvements and the political situation in Virginia and nationally, diary (1850-52) including brief discussions of congressional activities, drafts and notes for magazine articles, treatises on the 1st Battle of Bull Run, a notebook (1840-1880's) on Southern railroads, notes, reports, clippings, and broadsides on the Tehuantepec inter-ocean route and the Tehuantepec Companyy, and a résumé of Burwell's trip (1852) to Mexico. Includes letters to Burwell's father, William Armistead Burwell, diary and journal (1860-62) of Burwell's daughter, Letitia McCreary Burwell, describing her life in Washington and civilian life in Bedford County, Va., during the Civil War, accounts of the earlier Burwells, and genealogical information on the Armistead, Bacon, Burwell, Lydell, and Willis families. Burwell's correspondents include Judah Philip Benjamin, John Buchanan Floyd, Peachy Ridgeway Gilmer, John Murrary Mason, William Ballard Preston, Roger Atkinson Pryor, William Cabell Rives, Daniel Edgar Sickles, Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, and Robert Augustus Toombs. Correspondents include Peachy Ridgeway Gilmer, William Cabell Rives, John Reuben Thompson, William Ballard Preston, Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, Daniel Edgar Sickles, Judah Philip Benjamin, Robert Augustus Toombs, John Buchanan Floyd, Roger Atkinson Pryor, Alexander Hamilton Stephens, and James Murray Mason.

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