Davis, Curtis Carroll Guide to the Curtis Carroll Davis Papers Mss. 78 D29

Guide to the Curtis Carroll Davis Papers Mss. 78 D29


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Repository
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Identification
Mss. 78 D29
Title
Curtis Carroll Davis Papers 1950-1961
Quantity
3.00 Linear Feet
Language
English

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Scope and Contents

Photostats, typescripts, and microfilm of correspondence and papers relating to Lewis Littlepage (1762-1802) diplomat and soldier of fortune collected by Curtis Carroll Davis, biographer of Littlepage as well as correspondence of David with librarians and scholars and his notes concerning Littlepage, his acquaintances and descendants.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Correspondence
  • Microfilms
  • Photocopies
  • Photostats

Container List

Mixed Materials Box: 1 id146750
Correspondence between Lewis Littlepage and others
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id146751
    Correspondence between Lewis Littlepage and Stanislas II
    1792 July 17-1795 June 28
    Scope and Contents

    Stanislas II was the last King of Poland. Typed transcripts, annotated, preceeded by chronology of Lewis Littlepage's travels from 1782 to 1797.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id146752
    Correspondence between Lewis Littlepage and Stanislas II
    1795 August 1-1797 September 15
    Scope and Contents

    Typed transcripts, annotated, followed by an index of names of correspondents.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id146753
    Correspondence between Lewis Littlepage and Abbé Ghigiotti, Councillor to King Stanislas II Poniatowski of Poland
    1789 October 21-1796 March 11
    Scope and Contents

    Typed transcripts, anotated, preceded by chronology of Lewis Littlepage for the years 1789-90, and followed by an index of names in the correspondence.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id146754
    Biographical sketches or appreciations of Lewis Littlepage
    1877 March 7-1954 Fall
    Scope and Contents

    Sketches and comments by late commentators.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id146755
    Background information on locales frequented by Lewis Littlepage
Mixed Materials Box: 2 id146756
Correspondence between Lewis Littlepage and kin or acquaintances
1780-1802
Scope and Contents

Mostly typed transcripts, annotated; occasional photostat copies.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id146757
    Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to Benjamin Franklin
    1780 February 12-1783 September 1
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id146758
    Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to "Dear Sir"
    1780 November 25
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id146759
    Correspondence between Lewis Littlepage and Senor Don Miguel de Muzquiz
    1781 June 23-1781 June 25
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id146760
    Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to the Duc de Crilion
    1782 October 28
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 id146761
    Correspondence from the Duc de Crillon to Lewis Littlepage
    1783 January 6
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 id146762
    Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to Marquis de Lafayette
    1784 (1786?) June 10
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7 id146763
    Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to his brother
    1785 July 2
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id146764
    Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to Alexander Nelson
    1785 August 30
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9 id146765
    Correspondence in Jefferson Papers regarding Lewis Littlepage
    1786 July 12-1806 October 15
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10 id146766
    Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to Maurice Glayre
    1788 May 11-1788 June 3
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11 id146767
    Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to Maurice Glayre
    1788 May 11-1788 June 3
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12 id146768
    Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage and Thomas Jefferson
    1789 Feburary 12-1789 May 8
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13 id146769
    Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to Comte de Floridablanca
    1790 March 6
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14 id146770
    Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to William Short
    1791 February 16
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15 id146771
    Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage and Thomas Jefferson
    1791 March 5-1791 July 29
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 16 id146772
    Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to William Short
    1791 February 24-January 24
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 17 id147085
    Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to Stanislas II Poniatowski
    1794 May 7
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 18 id147086
    Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to Catherine II, Empress of Russia
    1795 January 11
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 19 id147087
    Correspondence of Frances Arnett Littlepage Stevenson to her daughter, Sally Stevenson Woodville
    1795 February 8
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 20 id147088
    Printed circular letter from Lewis Littlepage
    1800 October 18
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 21 id147089
    Correspondence between Lewis Littlepage and John Quincy Adams
    1800 November 4-1801 January 23
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 22 id147090
    Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to Benjamin Lewis and J. C. Littlepage
    1801 January 17
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 23 id147091
    Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to C. W. Flint, Superintendent of the Alien Office of London
    1801 August 23
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 24 id147092
    Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to Thomas Jefferson
    1801 January 19-1801 November 20
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 25 id147093
    Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to Rev. James Stevenson
    1801 November 21
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 26 id147094
    Correspondence of John Carter Littlepage to General Lewis Littlepage
    1802 January 22
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 27 id147095
    Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to Rufus King
    1801 November 28
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 28 id147096
    Correspondence of Lewis Littlepage to Thomas Jefferson
    1801 December 12-1802 June 16
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 29 id147097
    Correspondence of Waller Holladay to Carter Littlepage
    1806 September 4
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 30 id147098
    Richmond Enquirer (Richmond, Va.), Translation of XXII Ode of Horace, Book I
    1809 May 19
    Scope and Contents

    Richmond Enquirer (Richmond, Virginia), p. 4, Translation of XXII Ode of Horace, Book I. Followed by a brief account of Lewis Littlepage's career. Includes notes of Curtis Carroll Davis used in preparation of his biography of Lewis Littlepage. 1 negative of film.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 31 id147099
    Lists of correspondence in William Short Papers that pertain to Lewis Littlepage
    1790 December-1791 March
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 32 id147100
    Photograph of manuscript "Memoire Politique et Particular"
    1795
    Scope and Contents

    Photograph of manuscript signed by Lewis Littlepage, entitled "Memoire Politique et Particular".

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 33 id147101
    Fascimile of two Lewis Littlepage signatures
    Undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 34 id147102
    List of articles in Holladay Papers
    Scope and Contents

    List of articles in Holladay Papers (location unknown), regarding Lewis Littlepage's half brother, Waller Holladay.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 35 id147103
    Photograph of manuscript
    Undated
    Scope and Contents

    Original in Spanish Archives.

Mixed Materials Box: 3 id147104
Biographical dossiers compiled by Curtis Carroll Davis
Scope and Contents

Dossiers on Lewis Littlepage kin and acquaintances.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id147105
    Biographical information on Mrs. William Anderson
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id147106
    Biographical information on William Boush
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3 id147107
    Biographical information on Francis Childs
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id147108
    Biographical information on James Currie
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id147109
    Biographical information on Alleyne Fitzherbert
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6 id147110
    Biographical material on George Foster
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id147111
    Biographical information on M. de Glayre
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id147112
    Biographical information on Jean Antoinne Houdon
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9 id147113
    Information on Jay-Littlepage pamphlet dispute
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10 id147114
    Biographical information on John Paul Jones
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 11 id147115
    Biographical information on Theodore Karjavin
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 12 id147116
    Biographical information on Henry Brockholst Livingston
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 13 id147117
    Biographical information on [?] Lucchesini
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 14 id147118
    Biographical information on Filippo Mazzei
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 15 id147119
    Biographical information on Anthony Merry
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 16 id147120
    Biographical information on William Nelson
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 17 id147121
    Biographical information on King Stanislas II Poniatowski
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 18 id147122
    Biographical information on Matthew Ridley
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 19 id147123
    Biographical information on Sir John Sinclair
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 20 id147124
    Biographical information on Russian acquaintances of Lewis Littlepage
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 21 id147126
    Biographical information on William S. Smith
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 22 id147127
    Biographical information on John Southgate
Mixed Materials Box: 4 id147128
Correspondence about Lewis Littlepage
1950 December 14-1955 June 24
Scope and Contents

Correspondence about Lewis Littlepage between Curtis Carroll Davis and various Virginians, librarians, authors, scholars, and Littlepage descendants.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id147129
    Correspondence to Curtis Carroll Davis
    1950 December 14-1955 June 24
Mixed Materials Box: 5 id147130
Correspondence about Lewis Littlepage
1955 July 25-1962 March 29
Scope and Contents

Correspondence about Lewis Littlepage between Curtis Carroll Davis and various Virginians, librarians, authors, scholars, and Littlepage descendents.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1 id147131
    Correspondence to Curtis Carroll Davis
    1955 July 25-1957 December 23
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2 id147132
    Correspondence to Curtis Carroll Davis
    1958 January 29-1962 March 29
Mixed Materials Box: 6 id147133
Lewis Littlepage correspondence with Stanislas II of Poland and Abbé Ghigiotti
Scope and Contents

Microfilm and microfilm enlargements.