A Collection in the Special Collections Research Center
Accession Number Mss. Acc. 2007.109
Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
Special Collections Earl Gregg Swem Library College of William and Mary Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8794 USA Phone: (757) 221-3090 Fax: (757) 221-5440 Email: spcoll@wm.edu URL: http://swem.wm.edu/scrc/
This collection consists of 66 letters written by Robert Saunders of Williamsburg, Virginia to his wife Lucy Burwell Saunders
(60 letters) and his daughters Lucy Page Saunders (3 letters) and Roberta P. Saunders (2 letters) from 1829-1867. There is
also a letter written on May 4, 1847 to Overton Bernard, the father of College of William and Mary student Jesse Talbot Bernard.
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Preferred Citation
Robert Saunders Letters, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center from Margaret P. Manlove on 12/05/2007.
Custodial History
A portion of this collection was previously part of the University Archives Faculty-Alumni File Collection. It was rehoused
here 1/21/10.
Processing Information
Addition to this collection accessioned and minimally processed by Mindy Gipson, SCRC staff, in January 2010.
Robert Saunders was born 25 January 1805 in Williamsburg, Virginia. He attended the College of William and Mary and the University
of Virginia. Saunders served as professor of mathematics at William and Mary from 1833 to 1848 and was president of the college
1847-1848. He was a captain in the Confederate States Army, head of Eastern State Hospital, mayor of Willamsburg, vestryman
of Bruton Parish and served in the Virginia State Senate. Saunders married Lucy Burwell Page in 1828 and had, among other
children, Roberta Saunders and Robert Page Saunders. He died 11 September 1868. Further information about this individual
or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Robert
Saunders">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Robert Saunders</a>.
This collection consists of 66 letters written by Robert Saunders of Williamsburg, Virginia to his wife Lucy Burwell Saunders
(60 letters) and his daughters Lucy Page Saunders (3 letters) and Roberta P. Saunders (2 letters) from 1829-1867. There is
also a letter written on May 4, 1847 to Overton Bernard, the father of College of William and Mary student Jesse Talbot Bernard.
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