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Preferred Citation:

Elianna Southall Letter to Robert Anderson Letter, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Acquisition Information:

Gift from an unknown William and Mary Student via Dr. Pomfret.

Scope and Contents

Letter from Elianna M. J. Southall of Baltimore, Maryland, to her father (Papa), Robert Anderson in Richmond, Virginia.  She requests money for guitar lessons from a Spanish teacher and mentions that she is attending medical classes at school.  Writes about the lack of men at William and Mary where "only four students at Commencement" and proposed the college move to Richmond.  November 9, 1833. The Anderson and Southall Families are from Williamsburg, Virginia.  Includes letter from Dr. Pomfret to Dr. Swem about the provenance of the letter, April 25, 1944.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• College of William and Mary--History--19th century
• College of William and Mary--Students
• Letters (correspondence)
• Women--Education (Higher)--United States