Guide to the Lewis Warrington Papers , SC 00109

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Preferred Citation

Lewis Warrington Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries

Biographical / Historical

Lewis Warrington was born in Williamsburg, Va. in 1782. He attended the College of William & Mary from 1795-1799. He joined the U. S. Navy in 1800, where he spent the rest of his career.

Scope and Contents

The collection contains two items. The first is Feb. 6, 1832 and was written at the the U. S. Navy Yard in Gosport to Richard Smith, cashier of the US Bank in Washington, regarding remission of the interest on a loan. Below that, Warrington write a private note to Smith about the bad behavior his nephew is exhibiting on the Navy Yard and the disciplinary actions Warrington has doled out. The second item is a letter dated April 11, 1842 and written to Commander George Read, letting him know his suggestion to send scrap copper and lignum vitae to the Washington Yard was approved.

Related Material

University Archives Faculty-Alumni File Collection

Subjects and Indexing Terms

United States. Navy

General

This material was removed from the Faculty-Alumni File Collection in June 2016.