Business Correspondence – Benjamin Watkins Leigh (1781-1849), 1830, 1839-1848
Scope and Contents
Topics include a request to help in the administration of the estate of Dr. McClurg (March 2, 1839); fears about the possible death of his son, Thomas, in [Mississippi?] (June 22, 1839); instructions about the purchase of summer clothing for the enslaved laborers by Alvis (April 21, 1840); mention that there are 70 enslaved laborerss associated with the “Rocky Mills” plantation of Edmund Wickham and 40 additional enslaved laborers associated with his father’s [John Wickham] estate (July 28, 1842). Much of the correspondence in general deals with the settling of the estate of John Wickham (1763-1839).
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1830, 1839-1848
Creator
- From the File: Wickham family (Family)
- From the File: Wickham, John, 1763-1839 (Person)
- From the File: Wickham, William Fanning , 1793-1880 (Person)
- From the File: Wickham, Lucy Taylor, 1830-1913 (Person)
- From the File: Wickham, Williams Carter, 1820-1888 (Person)
- From the File: Wickham, Henry Taylor (Person)
Extent
1 folder(s)
Language of Materials
From the File: English
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States