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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Box 2

 Container

Contains 9 Results:

Mary Willis Lewis ? to “My dear brother," George Washington Lewis ?, 1861 October 9

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents Mary discusses the Civil War activity in her state of Kentucky where forces had already begun to break the neutrality established by the governor. She mentions hostile forces under Union General Johnson near Paducah, Kentucky and forces under Confederate General Leonidas Polk; the arrest of ex-Governor Charles S. Morehead and other prominent men; and the numbers of local men who have left the county to join the Confederate army. They have plenty of food but clothing and other goods are hard...
Dates: 1861 October 9
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / George Washington Lewis papers / Correspondence

William and Mary College Board of Visitors, Secretary William McMoody, to George Washington Lewis, about his appointment to the Board, 2 letters, 1858 May 22 and June 28

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Content Description From the Collection:

The George Washington Lewis papers consists chiefly of correspondence to and from George Washington Lewis and between other family members, but also includes a few photographs of the Lewis family and the homes of "Claymont", "Shellfield" and "Marmion"; a plat of "Claymont"; newsclippings; notes on Lewis family history and genealogy; and a few financial and legal documents.

Dates: 1858 May 22 and June 28
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / George Washington Lewis papers / Correspondence

Byrd Charles Willis (1781-1946), Pensacola, Florida, to George Washington Lewis, 1834 December 10

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Willis writes following the death of his wife, Mary W. Lewis Willis (1782-1834) about a guardianship for his son, Achille Murat Willis (1827-1908).

Dates: 1834 December 10
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / George Washington Lewis papers / Correspondence

Dr. George T. Yerby to George Washington Lewis, 1843 March 31

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Commends his friend, William S. Pawson, Commission Merchant, Baltimore, to Lewis, as an experienced man of the highest respectability and standing, March 31, 1843, accompanying a letter from Pawson himself, June 22, 1843, explaining why he has not yet visited in person and that his chief area of business in Virginia was selling grain from the Eastern Shore.

Dates: 1843 March 31
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / George Washington Lewis papers / Correspondence

Memorandum from George Washington Lewis to his daughter, Mrs. Lucy Funsten, 1878 October 16

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

The memorandum discusses his lack of knowledge about the Spencer Estate in Great Britain. He also promises to send some of his printed essays for her scrapbook and closes with a postscript about the death of her Uncle, Fielding.

Dates: 1878 October 16
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / George Washington Lewis papers / Lewis Family Miscellany Files

“Obituary Notice of Mrs. Jane Brockenbrough Lewis” written out and sent to Miss Louisa Lewis, 1849 September 7

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Content Description From the Collection:

The George Washington Lewis papers consists chiefly of correspondence to and from George Washington Lewis and between other family members, but also includes a few photographs of the Lewis family and the homes of "Claymont", "Shellfield" and "Marmion"; a plat of "Claymont"; newsclippings; notes on Lewis family history and genealogy; and a few financial and legal documents.

Dates: 1849 September 7
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / George Washington Lewis papers / Lewis Family Miscellany Files

Oration by George Washington Lewis delivered at Westmoreland Courthouse, 1836 July 4

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 11
Content Description From the Collection:

The George Washington Lewis papers consists chiefly of correspondence to and from George Washington Lewis and between other family members, but also includes a few photographs of the Lewis family and the homes of "Claymont", "Shellfield" and "Marmion"; a plat of "Claymont"; newsclippings; notes on Lewis family history and genealogy; and a few financial and legal documents.

Dates: 1836 July 4
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / George Washington Lewis papers / Lewis Family Miscellany Files

Plat of Hickory Hill, now "Claymont," Westmoreland County, Virginia, belonging to George Washington Lewis, 1835 March 17

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 13
Content Description From the Collection:

The George Washington Lewis papers consists chiefly of correspondence to and from George Washington Lewis and between other family members, but also includes a few photographs of the Lewis family and the homes of "Claymont", "Shellfield" and "Marmion"; a plat of "Claymont"; newsclippings; notes on Lewis family history and genealogy; and a few financial and legal documents.

Dates: 1835 March 17
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / George Washington Lewis papers / Lewis Family Miscellany Files

Will and Codicil of George Washington Lewis, hand-written copy, 1871 September 29

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 15
Content Description From the Collection:

The George Washington Lewis papers consists chiefly of correspondence to and from George Washington Lewis and between other family members, but also includes a few photographs of the Lewis family and the homes of "Claymont", "Shellfield" and "Marmion"; a plat of "Claymont"; newsclippings; notes on Lewis family history and genealogy; and a few financial and legal documents.

Dates: 1871 September 29
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / George Washington Lewis papers / Lewis Family Miscellany Files