A Collection in
the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Manuscript Number MS 45.1
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation
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Preferred Citation
Garrett Family Papers, Manuscript MS 45.1, John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation
Includes letters; an account of Levin Y. Winder and his
guardian; copies of various Williamsburg Hustings Court
records; "A Memory of Williamsburg"; an inventory of household
furnishings; deeds and bonds; genealogical information; and
photographs of Rear Adm. Cary T. Grayson, and of an
unidentified young woman.
Abner Hockaday vs. William Alvis, and Abner Hockaday
vs. Samuel and William Allen.
Folder 1
Sallie Dix to Dr. Robert Garrett,
24 March 1854.
A letter from students of the Williamsburg Female
Academy on the death of Annie C. Garrett (Robert's
daughter). Includes list of resolutions and a badge of
mourning.
Folder 1
Invitation to the "final celebration" of the
Phoenix and Philomathean Societies of the College of
William and Mary,
3 July 1877.
Folder 1
Will of Mary Winder Garrett,
27 December 1877.
Folder 1
Will of Mary Winder Garrett,
17 September 1891.
Granville Goodloe, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, to
Susan Comfort Garrett, Williamsburg,
2 February 1895.
Mary W. Garrett, Williamsburg, [to her
brother],
7 March 1895.
Re: family history. On back of letter is a brief
biography of Benjamin F. Garrett (1820-1877).
Folder 1
Pamphlet: "The Winders of Laston" by F. A.
Winder,
1896.
Re: 17th/18th-century English ancestors.
Folder 1
L.J. Waters, at Beechwood, [to a friend],
27 November 1897.
Re: Winder portraits and Washington, D.C. art
galleries.
Folder 1
Will of Mary Winder Garrett,
23 March 1899.
Folder 1
Susan C. Garrett, Idaho, to Lottie Garrett,
9-10 June 1901.
Includes envelope.
Folder 1
Bill from City Livery Sale and Feed Stable to
Anna Galt,
1 June 1904.
Re: the hire of a horse and buggy driver to
Jamestown.
Folder 1
Sue G. Nelson, Idaho, to Mary W. Garrett,
12 December 1904.
Re: family history of Peyton Randolph Nelson.
Folder 1
Test paper of J. T. Nolen,
11 March 1905.
Re: building a phonograph and how sound travels.
Folder 2
The Women's Club, Richmond Va., to the Misses
Garrett,
29 May 1907.
Includes envelope.
Invitation to tea.
Folder 2
Mary W. Garrett, Williamsburg, to Granville
Goodloe,
24 February 1910.
Re: family history.
Folder 2
Address of Robert Southall Bright before the
Society of the Descendants of the Signers of the
Declaration of Independence...delivered at Independence
Hall, Philadelphia,
4 July 1910.
Folder 2
Will of Mary W. Garrett,
7 March 1911.
Folder 2
Susan G. Nelson to [?],
post 1915.
Letter mentions President Woodrow Wilson's visit to
Williamsburg and how Lottie and Mary were invited to the
White House. Also family information.
Folder 2
L. V. Garrett, Newport News, Va., to Mary W.
Garrett, "Tazewell Hall," Williamsburg,
19 June 1922.
Includes envelope.
Enclosed is a transcript of an obituary of Richard
Roper Garrett who died January 14, 1855.
Folder 2
Postcard- E[mma] G[arrett] B[oyd], Atlanta,
to Mary Winder Garrett, Tazewell Hall, Williamsburg,
21 July 1925.
Folder 2
Emma Garrett Boyd to Miss [Mary?],
24 November 1925.
Re: family history.
Folder 2
Christmas card- Susie and William Maddox to
Lottie and Mary Garrett,
1928.
Folder 2
E. Sclater Montague, Hampton, Va., to Mrs.
Peyton Nelson ("Aunt Sue"), Williamsburg,
9 April 1930.
Re: family matters.
Folder 3
Letter to Charlotte C. Garrett,
n.d.
Folder 3
Garrett family genealogical information,
n.d.
Folder 3
"Garrett Family of York County and
Williamsburg, Va.,"
n.d.
Family history of Dr. Robert Major Garrett
(1808-1885).
Folder 3
"A Memory of Williamsburg,"
Written by one of Robert M. Garrett's children.
Folder 3
Christmas card of Cary and Gertrude Grayson,
n.d.
Oversize
1X
Handy and Winder family genealogical
information,
Folder 3
Household inventory,
n.d.
Inventory of household items, ca. 20th-century.
Perhaps from either Archibald Blair house, Tazewell
Hall, or Coke-Garrett house.
Folder 3
Nelson family genealogical information,
n.d.
Folder 3
Randolph family genealogical information,
n.d.
Folder 3
Alice Colden Smith to Lottie Garrett,
n.d.
Oversize
1X
Photograph,
n.d.
Photograph of two unidentified women. Taken by
Homeier and Clark, Richmond, Va.
Oversize
1X
Photograph,
n.d.
Photograph of a woman.
Oversize
1X
Photograph,
Photograph of Rear Admiral Cary T. Graysonan. Taken
by Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
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