A Collection in
the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Manuscript Number MS 50.6
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library Colonial Williamsburg Foundation P.O. Box 1776 Williamsburg, Virginia 23187 USA Phone: (757) 565-8520 Fax: (757) 565-8528 Email: speccoll@cwf.org URL: http://www.history.org
James Lee was a teacher in Williamsburg, Va. who attended
the College of William and Mary. He was the uncle of Edwin and
Edward Teagle, Jr. of Williamsburg. Edwin Teagle was a sailor.
He had studied under his uncle, James Lee.
Family letters and papers of James Lee (d. 1845) and his
nephews, Edwin (1812-ante 1839), William (b. 1815), and
Frederick, the sons of Lee's brother-in-law, Edward Teagle,
all of Williamsburg, Va. Collection includes a religious
exhortation from Edwin to his father, an answer from Gilbert
Cassard of Baltimore to Edwin's request to marry his daughter,
and a letter from Edwin regarding the settlement of his
father's estate and his projected travels to North Africa. In
addition there are recommendations of Edward Teagle as an
accountant or clerk, signed by Dabney Browne, Richard Coke,
Jr., R. McCandlish, John Page, and Robert Saunders; various
accounts; and a notebook of miscellaneous notes in French and
long lists of clothes and household linens.
J. Lee, Williamsburg, to Mrs. Louisa C. Lee,
Norfolk,
12 October 1808.
3 pages.
Concerns his intention to visit Norfolk, the sickness
of his school children, a show at the Raleigh and other
matters.
Folder 1
John Page, Williamsburg to Edward Teagle,
12 September 1829.
2 pages.
Concerns Teagle's request for a letter of
recommendation from Page.
Folder 1
Account of Edward Teagle with James Lee,
23 September 1829.
1 page.
Concerns the tuition of Edwin, William and Emiline
Teagle, the children of Edward Teagle.
Folder 1
Edwin A. Teagle, Portsmouth, to Edward
Teagle, Williamsburg
26 September 1829.
1 page.
Religious exhortation.
Folder 1
Letters of recommendation for Edward Teagle
from John Page, Dabney Browne, Robert McCandlish, James
Lee, Robert Sanders, Richard Coke, Jr.,
12-14 September
1829.
2 pages.
Folder 1
Gilbert Cassard, Baltimore, to Edwin A.
Teagle, New York,
9 August 1835.
2 pages.
Cassard refuses permission for Teagle to marry his
daughter.
Folder 1
Incomplete letter, from Baltimore, to dear
friend [Edwin A. Teagle?],
30 April 1836.
4 pages.
Concerns the weather and business in Baltimore and
the possibility of internal improvements passing the
Maryland legislature.
Folder 1
Receipted account of the estate of Ed[ward
A.] Teagle to Sheldon and Maupin,
27 July 1836.
1 page.
Folder 1
James Lee, Williamsburg, to Edwin A. Teagle,
Baltimore,
2 August 1837.
1 page.
Lee expresses his sympathy at hearing of Teagle's
illness and informs Teagle of the death of his (James
Lee) son.
Folder 1
William Teagle, Staunton, to James Lee,
Williamsburg,
1 April 1839.
1 page.
Acknowleges receiving a deed from Lee for the George
Reid House in Williamsburg.
Folder 1
Frederick Bellett Teagle, Petersburg, to
James Lee, Williamsburg,
16 February 1842.
2 pages.
Teagle asks Lee for spiritual advice and discusses
his spiritual life. Asks whether the Superior Court
commences in May or June.
Folder 1
Jennie C. Thomson, Waverly, to Mrs. Mary E.
Gilford,
5 February 1877.
4pages.
Discusses the marriage and the children of several
old friends, the health of Mr. Telford. Writes that she
is sad that Hampton "is overrun with negroes and Yankees
..."
Folder 1
Edwin A. Teagle to Helen,
ca. 1836.
1 page.
Teagle writes that he believes they are setting sail
for Tangiers with "50 boxes (presents) for the Emperor
of Morrocco." Also discusses his personal business.
Folder 2
Notebook,
1817-1884.
53 leaves.
Contains notes in various hands in French and
English. Includes lists of clothes and household linens;
accounts concerning the hiring out of slaves by the day
and the purchase of straw; and the selling of hen and
duck eggs.
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