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Preferred Citation

George T. Coleman letters, 1868. MS 0073. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

George Thompson Coleman was born in 1850 in Danville, Virginia. He was a non-graduate of VMI, Class of 1870, and then was a traveling salesman. He died in 1912 in Charleston, South Carolina.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two letters (dated February 11 and 18, 1868) from Cadet George T. Coleman (VMI Class of 1870) to his brother William D. Coleman (VMI Class of 1857, later editor of the Richmond Enquirer). The primary subject of the February 11th letter is Cadet Coleman's reinstatement at VMI. The letter dated February 18 encloses a Letter to the Editor in which Coleman defends the Corps of Cadets against accusations that they had been harassing black citizens of Lexington, Virginia. This collection also includs the envelopes.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Coleman, William D., 1838?-?
• Correspondence
• Race relations
• Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1860-1869
• Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1870