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Curtis Carroll Davis Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Photostats, typescripts, and microfilm of correspondence and papers relating to Lewis Littlepage (1762-1802) diplomat and
soldier of fortune collected by Curtis Carroll Davis, biographer of Littlepage as well as correspondence of David with librarians
and scholars and his notes concerning Littlepage, his acquaintances and descendants.
Correspondence between Lewis Littlepage and others
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id146751
Correspondence between Lewis Littlepage and Stanislas II
1792 July 17-1795 June 28
Scope and Contents
Stanislas II was the last King of Poland. Typed transcripts, annotated, preceeded by chronology of Lewis Littlepage's travels
from 1782 to 1797.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id146752
Correspondence between Lewis Littlepage and Stanislas II
1795 August 1-1797 September 15
Scope and Contents
Typed transcripts, annotated, followed by an index of names of correspondents.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id146753
Correspondence between Lewis Littlepage and Abbé Ghigiotti, Councillor to King Stanislas II Poniatowski of Poland
1789 October 21-1796 March 11
Scope and Contents
Typed transcripts, anotated, preceded by chronology of Lewis Littlepage for the years 1789-90, and followed by an index of
names in the correspondence.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id146754
Biographical sketches or appreciations of Lewis Littlepage
1877 March 7-1954 Fall
Scope and Contents
Sketches and comments by late commentators.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id146755
Background information on locales frequented by Lewis Littlepage
Mixed Materials Box: 2 id146756
Correspondence between Lewis Littlepage and kin or acquaintances
Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to Benjamin Franklin
1780 February 12-1783 September 1
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id146758
Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to "Dear Sir"
1780 November 25
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id146759
Correspondence between Lewis Littlepage and Senor Don Miguel de Muzquiz
1781 June 23-1781 June 25
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id146760
Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to the Duc de Crilion
1782 October 28
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 id146761
Correspondence from the Duc de Crillon to Lewis Littlepage
1783 January 6
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 id146762
Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to Marquis de Lafayette
1784 (1786?) June 10
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7 id146763
Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to his brother
1785 July 2
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id146764
Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to Alexander Nelson
1785 August 30
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9 id146765
Correspondence in Jefferson Papers regarding Lewis Littlepage
1786 July 12-1806 October 15
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10 id146766
Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to Maurice Glayre
1788 May 11-1788 June 3
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11 id146767
Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to Maurice Glayre
1788 May 11-1788 June 3
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12 id146768
Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage and Thomas Jefferson
1789 Feburary 12-1789 May 8
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13 id146769
Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to Comte de Floridablanca
1790 March 6
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14 id146770
Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to William Short
1791 February 16
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15 id146771
Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage and Thomas Jefferson
1791 March 5-1791 July 29
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 16 id146772
Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to William Short
1791 February 24-January 24
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 17 id147085
Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to Stanislas II Poniatowski
1794 May 7
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 18 id147086
Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to Catherine II, Empress of Russia
1795 January 11
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 19 id147087
Correspondence of Frances Arnett Littlepage Stevenson to her daughter, Sally Stevenson Woodville
1795 February 8
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 20 id147088
Printed circular letter from Lewis Littlepage
1800 October 18
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 21 id147089
Correspondence between Lewis Littlepage and John Quincy Adams
1800 November 4-1801 January 23
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 22 id147090
Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to Benjamin Lewis and J. C. Littlepage
1801 January 17
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 23 id147091
Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to C. W. Flint, Superintendent of the Alien Office of London
1801 August 23
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 24 id147092
Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to Thomas Jefferson
1801 January 19-1801 November 20
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 25 id147093
Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to Rev. James Stevenson
1801 November 21
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 26 id147094
Correspondence of John Carter Littlepage to General Lewis Littlepage
1802 January 22
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 27 id147095
Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to Rufus King
1801 November 28
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 28 id147096
Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to Thomas Jefferson
1801 December 12-1802 June 16
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 29 id147097
Correspondence of Waller Holladay to Carter Littlepage
1806 September 4
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 30 id147098
Richmond Enquirer (Richmond, Va.), Translation of XXII Ode of Horace, Book I
1809 May 19
Scope and Contents
Richmond Enquirer (Richmond, Virginia), p. 4, Translation of XXII Ode of Horace, Book I. Followed by a brief account of Lewis
Littlepage's career. Includes notes of Curtis Carroll Davis used in preparation of his biography of Lewis Littlepage. 1 negative
of film.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 31 id147099
Lists of correspondence in William Short Papers that pertain to Lewis Littlepage
1790 December-1791 March
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 32 id147100
Photograph of manuscript "Memoire Politique et Particular"
1795
Scope and Contents
Photograph of manuscript signed by Lewis Littlepage, entitled "Memoire Politique et Particular".
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 33 id147101
Fascimile of two Lewis Littlepage signatures
Undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 34 id147102
List of articles in Holladay Papers
Scope and Contents
List of articles in Holladay Papers (location unknown), regarding Lewis Littlepage's half brother, Waller Holladay.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 35 id147103
Photograph of manuscript
Undated
Scope and Contents
Original in Spanish Archives.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 id147104
Biographical dossiers compiled by Curtis Carroll Davis
Scope and Contents
Dossiers on Lewis Littlepage kin and acquaintances.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id147105
Biographical information on Mrs. William Anderson
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id147106
Biographical information on William Boush
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3 id147107
Biographical information on Francis Childs
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id147108
Biographical information on James Currie
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id147109
Biographical information on Alleyne Fitzherbert
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6 id147110
Biographical material on George Foster
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id147111
Biographical information on M. de Glayre
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id147112
Biographical information on Jean Antoinne Houdon
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9 id147113
Information on Jay-Littlepage pamphlet dispute
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10 id147114
Biographical information on John Paul Jones
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 11 id147115
Biographical information on Theodore Karjavin
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 12 id147116
Biographical information on Henry Brockholst Livingston
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 13 id147117
Biographical information on [?] Lucchesini
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 14 id147118
Biographical information on Filippo Mazzei
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 15 id147119
Biographical information on Anthony Merry
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 16 id147120
Biographical information on William Nelson
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 17 id147121
Biographical information on King Stanislas II Poniatowski
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 18 id147122
Biographical information on Matthew Ridley
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 19 id147123
Biographical information on Sir John Sinclair
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 20 id147124
Biographical information on Russian acquaintances of Lewis Littlepage
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 21 id147126
Biographical information on William S. Smith
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 22 id147127
Biographical information on John Southgate
Mixed Materials Box: 4 id147128
Correspondence about Lewis Littlepage
1950 December 14-1955 June 24
Scope and Contents
Correspondence about Lewis Littlepage between Curtis Carroll Davis and various Virginians, librarians, authors, scholars,
and Littlepage descendants.
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id147129
Correspondence to Curtis Carroll Davis
1950 December 14-1955 June 24
Mixed Materials Box: 5 id147130
Correspondence about Lewis Littlepage
1955 July 25-1962 March 29
Scope and Contents
Correspondence about Lewis Littlepage between Curtis Carroll Davis and various Virginians, librarians, authors, scholars,
and Littlepage descendents.
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1 id147131
Correspondence to Curtis Carroll Davis
1955 July 25-1957 December 23
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2 id147132
Correspondence to Curtis Carroll Davis
1958 January 29-1962 March 29
Mixed Materials Box: 6 id147133
Lewis Littlepage correspondence with Stanislas II of Poland and Abbé Ghigiotti