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Preferred Citation

Shriver Family letter, 1861 December 23. MS 0174. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

Samuel Sprigg Shriver was born in 1843 in Wheeling, West Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1864 and was a New Market cadet. He was also a lawyer and farmer. Shriver died in 1881 in Suffolk, Virginia.

Contents Note

This collection consists of one letter (dated December 23, 1861) from VMI Board of Visitors member John Brannon to Jacob S. Shriver. The letter appoints Jacob's son Samuel to VMI.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Correspondence
• New Market Cadets
• Shriver, Samuel S. (Samuel Sprigg), 1843-1881
• Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1860-1869
• Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1864