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Edmund Withers Parish register

 Collection — Box: BW 3, Folder: 1 [X031589218]
Identifier: MSS 16022

Scope and Contents

Edmund Wither parish register, 1843-1878, 0.03 cubic feet, is a half-leather book with green mottled paper sides and is a personal record book that chronicles his ministry in Virginia and North Carolina. Of interest are the records of African Americans in the register.

Dates

  • Creation: 1843-1878

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Biographical / Historical

Edmund Withers was an Episcopal Church minister and itinerant missionary in Virginia as early as 1841, and his career is recorded in this personal record book that traces his ministry in Virginia and North Carolina via marriages, burials, baptisms, confirmations, and comunicants. Well-known Virginia names (e.g. Cary, Cabell, Carter, Meade, Michie, Taliaferro, Massie, Corbin, and Withers) appear repeatedly among others. He ministered to both white and "coloured," the records for each race being kept almost, though not quite totally on separate pages.

Extent

0.03 Cubic Feet (One folder in a document box BW 3.)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from The Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia on September 7, 2015

Title
Edmund Withers Parish register
Status
Completed
Author
Ellen Welch
Date
4/28/17
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository

Contact:
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States