A Collection in
the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Manuscript Number MS 89.13
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation
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Preferred Citation
Helen M. Anderson Papers, Manuscript 89.13, John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation
Correspondence mostly between Helen M. Anderson and U. S.
Army officers occupying Williamsburg during the Civil War in
1862. Papers document the seizure of wine from Mrs. Anderson's
house, its storage at the Eastern State Insane Asylum,
Anderson's attempts to retrieve the wine, and the ultimate
dispensing of the wine by the provost marshall. Correspondents
include Lt. John Simpson, Lt. Col. S. E. Smith, and Capt.
Flanagan of the 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment. Also
included are the will of Sarah (Mrs. Francis) Jerdone (1818),
the will of Robert S. Bright (1912) and an autobiographical
essay by Robert A. Bright (born in 1839 in Williamsburg).