A Guide to the Marchant Family Letters to James E. Mann, 184, 1887 Mann, James E., Marchant family letters 9396-a

A Guide to the Marchant Family Letters to James E. Mann, 184, 1887

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Accession Number 9396-a

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

9396-a

Title

Marchant Family Letters to James E. Mann, 1884, 1897

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of electrostatic copies of two letters.

Language

English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Marchant Family Letters to James E. Mann, 1884-1897, Accession #9396-a, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

These letters were given to the University of Virginia Library by James E. Mann, Jr., Charlottesville, Virginia, on March 11, 1996.

Scope and Content Information

This collection consists of electrostatic copies of two letters to James E. Mann, a banker from Bluefield, West Virginia, possibly from the wife and/or daughter of Henry Clay Marchant, of Charlottesville, Virginia. In the first letter to Mann, November 15, 1884, from Gertrude Marchant, she congratulates him upon his marriage and begs them both to visit her family during the winter (two pages). The second letter, from Gerturde E. Marchant (1867-1901), December 9, 1897, asks Mann's help in securing a position as a teacher, companion, nurse or housekeeper, as her mother died nearly four years previously and her father recently remarried. She lists the various subjects and abilities of her brothers and sisters and assures him of good references as to character and social standing (four pages).