Ingles, John Letters John Ingles Letters, n.d. Ms.1993.008

John Ingles Letters, n.d. Ms.1993.008


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Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Identification
Ms.1993.008
Title
John Ingles Letters n.d.
Quantity
0.1 Cubic Feet, 1 folder
Language
The materials in the collection are in English.
Abstract
Three partial letters (copies only) written by John Ingles, a 19th-century resident of Virginia's New River Valley.

Administrative Information

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The collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], John Ingles Letters, Ms1993-008, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The John Ingles Letters were acquired by Special Collections and University Archives prior to 1994.

Processing Information

The processing and description of the John Ingles Letters commenced and was completed in October, 2023.


Biographical / Historical

With little contextual information, it is difficult to identify the writer(s) of these letters. The letter signed "John Ingles Sr." seems likely to to have been written by Colonel John Ingles (son of settlers William and Mary Draper Ingles), born in Augusta County, Virginia, on June 18, 1766; died in Radford, Virginia, July 16, 1836. Another letter may have been written by his son, Dr. John Ingles, born in 1805; died in 1849.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains three partial letters (copies only) written by John Ingles, a 19th-century resident of Virginia's New River Valley. (The handwriting in the letters does not seem to match, so the three letters may have been written by different individuals.) In the first letter, Ingles mentions a recent New Year's ball in Christiansburg, Virginia, and having driven a sled to Christiansburg from Newbern. Writing to an unidentified brother in the second letter, Ingles expresses concern over John Hale. In a third letter, signed "John Ingles Sr.," the writer recalls the many times that he heard his parents recount the family's experiences "in their first settling on the western watters [sic] of Virginia," and he promises to share these stories to the best of his recollection, "that a [record?] of them may be preserved."

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Christiansburg (Va.)
  • Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
  • Montgomery County (Va.)

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the John Ingles Letters by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).

Container List

folder 1
Letters
n.d.