Box 15
Container
Contains 10 Results:
Personal Correspondence of William Fanning Wickham (1793-1880), 1842-1863
File — Box: 15, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: John Minor discussing the two engravings, of General Marion and “the Artist’s Dream,” sent by the Apollo Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in the United States and the current relations of the United States and England, especially as affected by the affair of the "Creole" (March 18 and October 12, 1842); Henry Clay declines an invitation to visit (February 22, 1848); John S. Mosby, concerning the service of the late Dr. James McClurg as a surgeon in the...
Dates:
1842-1863
Personal correspondence of Eunice Lynn Wingfield, consisting of condolence letters upon the death of her husband, Henry Brown Wingfield., 1938
File — Box: 15, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The Wickham family papers (1704-1950; 9.5 cubic feet) consist of papers of Richmond, Virginia and “Hickory Hill” plantation in Hanover County, Virginia, including the families of John Wickham (1763-1839), his son, William Fanning Wickham (1793-1880), grandson, Williams Carter Wickham (1820-1888), and great-grandson, Henry Taylor Wickham (1849-1943). The collection contains business correspondence, chiefly concerning legal and agricultural pursuits; family correspondence with...
Dates:
1938
Personal Correspondence of William Fanning Wickham (1793-1880), 1870-1880
File — Box: 15, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Topics include financial inquiry about Virginia’s non-payment of the interest on state stock (January 17, 1872); the fire at Hickory Hill, Hanover County, Virginia (February 15, 1875); the voyage of William D. Shipman to England and his assessment of Thomas Jefferson’s life and career (July 4, 1876); Wickham’s analysis of State Trials of the United States by Francis Wharton, including his own memories of the James T. Callendar trial (June 19, 1876); and William D. Shipman’s mention of seeing...
Dates:
1870-1880
Personal Correspondence of William Fanning Wickham (1793-1880) with Conway Robinson (1805-1884), 1860-1875
File — Box: 15, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Topics include advice for Henry T. Wickham on entering the legal profession and the study of law (July 24, 1868); Robinson’s work with a case in the Supreme Court concerning Allen T. Caperton (1810-1876) and his acts in West Virginia as Provost Marshal (April 15, 1872).
Dates:
1860-1875
Personal Correspondence of Williams Carter Wickham, 1836, 1861-1864
File — Box: 15, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Topics include the declaration of [William B.] Preston for the immediate secession of Virginia from the Union and Wickham’s fear that “the dogs of war will be let loose” (April 16, 1861); two letters from Colonel [Beverly Holcombe] Robertson about missing and absent soldiers and his efforts to round them up (May 13 and 14, 1862); request for Wickham’s support and vote for Robert H. Wynne as doorkeeper of the Confederate House of Representatives (December 24, 1863); John B. Baldwin informs...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1836, 1861-1864
Personal Correspondence of Williams Carter Wickham, 1865-1885
File — Box: 15, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
Topics include a letter from Robert E. Lee about Henry T. Wickham’s attendance at Washington College in Lexington and Lee’s plan to write a history about military campaigns in Virginia during the Civil War (October 3, 1865) and a draft of Wickham’s reply to Lee in the hand of Lucy Wickham [October 13, 1865]; a draft of Wickham’s letter to General W.H.F. Lee about contemporary politics (April 16, 1868); the formation of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad (September 17, 1868); Horace Greeley’s...
Dates:
1865-1885
Personal Correspondence of Anne Butler Carter Wickham (1797-1868), 1818, 1835-1862
File — Box: 15, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: William B. Bowers; E.E. Cooke; E.S. Holmes; E. Laurens; Robert E. Lee; L.M. Mason; N.W. Massie; Catharine H. Myers; [J.] R. Ritchie; E.R. Simons; Sue R. Simons; and Sallie P. Winston. The letter from Robert E. Lee to his cousin, Anne B. Carter Wickham, November 11, 1862, hand-written copy, expresses his regret that her son, Williams Carter Wickham, has again been wounded but explains that he cannot spare Wickham from returning to duty in the army.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1818, 1835-1862
Personal correspondence of Henry Taylor Wickham concerning the death of his father, Williams C. Wickham, arranged alphabetically by the name of correspondent, 1888
File — Box: 15, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Among the numerous correspondents are George Washington Custis Lee; Mildred Lee; W.H.F. Lee; General William Mahone; Francis H. Smith; and George D. Wise.
Dates:
1888
Personal Correspondence of Lucy Penn Taylor Wickham (1830-1913), 1865-1879
File — Box: 15, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The Wickham family papers (1704-1950; 9.5 cubic feet) consist of papers of Richmond, Virginia and “Hickory Hill” plantation in Hanover County, Virginia, including the families of John Wickham (1763-1839), his son, William Fanning Wickham (1793-1880), grandson, Williams Carter Wickham (1820-1888), and great-grandson, Henry Taylor Wickham (1849-1943). The collection contains business correspondence, chiefly concerning legal and agricultural pursuits; family correspondence with...
Dates:
1865-1879
Personal Correspondence of Lucy Penn Taylor Wickham (1830-1913) to Bessie (Elizabeth) Kane Shields, 1844-1847
File — Box: 15, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The Wickham family papers (1704-1950; 9.5 cubic feet) consist of papers of Richmond, Virginia and “Hickory Hill” plantation in Hanover County, Virginia, including the families of John Wickham (1763-1839), his son, William Fanning Wickham (1793-1880), grandson, Williams Carter Wickham (1820-1888), and great-grandson, Henry Taylor Wickham (1849-1943). The collection contains business correspondence, chiefly concerning legal and agricultural pursuits; family correspondence with...
Dates:
1844-1847