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Preferred Citation

Henry A. Wise letters, 1813-1861. MS 0248. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Scope and Contents

The Henry A. Wise letters consist of the incoming and outgoing correspondence (13 items) of Wise, the Governor of Virginia from 1856 to 1860. The letters are dated from November 1859 through March 1861 and concern personal and family matters. Correspondents include Wises' third wife, Mary Lyons Wise, his nephews Tully and John Wise, and his son Obidiah Jennings Wise.

Also included is one unrelated letter (dated July 19, 1813) from George Wise to Tully Wise, in which George describes the destruction by the British of his Norfolk County, Virginia plantation.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• United States—History—War of 1812—Personal narratives
• Correspondence
• Governors
• Wise Family
• Wise, Mary L. (Mary Lyons)
• Wise, Obidiah Jennings, 1831-1862