A Guide to the Thomas H. Clagett Correspondence, 1840-1842
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 22869
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Preferred Citation
Thomas H. Clagett. Correspondence, 1840-1842. Accession 22869, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Purchased from Symmachus Trading Company, Boston, Massachusetts, 14 June 1948.
Biographical/Historical Information
Thomas H. Clagett was born about 1802 in Loudoun County, Virginia. He became a doctor and a prosperous farmer. Clagett served as treasurer for St. James Church in Leesburg, Virginia. He and his wife, Lalla Clagett (1820-1888), had at least 2 children. Clagett died in Loudoun County on 18 October 1870.
Scope and Content Information
Correspondence, 1840-1842, of Dr. Thomas H. Clagett (1802-1870) of Loudoun County, Virginia, including letters from Nelson Ryon (d. 1849) of Prince George's County, Maryland, concerning a plantation that Ryon managed for Clagett, providing information on the farm's tobacco crops, livestock and slaves. The collection also contains letters from Thomas M. Locke of Baltimore, Maryland, who served as Clagett's agent for the sale of tobacco and wheat.
Related Materials
See related materials: Thomas H. Clagett letter, 1 June 1850 (accession 22799) and Thomas H. Clagett correspondence, 1849-1852 (accession 22802).