A Guide to the Papers of Susan Dabney Smedes, 1818(1886-1907) Smedes, Susan Dabney, Papers of 2655,-a

A Guide to the Papers of Susan Dabney Smedes, 1818(1886-1907)

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Accession Number 2655,-a

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

2655,-a

Title

Susan Dabney Smedes Correspondence 2655,-a

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of twenty letters.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Susan Dabney Smedes Correspondence, Accession #2655,-a, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was loaned to the Library by Richard H. Dabney of the University of Virginia, on April 15, 1947.

Scope and Content Information

This collection, 1818(1886-1907) contains twenty letters pertaining to Memorials of a Southern Planter by Susan Dabney Smedes (1840-1913). The book is a memorial to her father, Thomas Dabney, and discusses his life and the lives of Southerners in general. The letters deal chiefly with impressions of the book and how sales are going in Great Britain. There is also a letter, July 14, 1890, from Jeanie D. Hogg to a Mrs. Mussell, concerning the latter's travels in America, Dr. Henry Anderson's estate, Mrs. Dahgleish, and news from Edingburgh, Scotland.

In addition, there is a letter, May 8, 1899, from A. D. Brydon to Richard Heath Dabney (1860-1947), University of Virginia, on behalf of "a worthy but poor family," offering to barter some books with the Randolph Coat-of-Arms as well as two autographs of John Randolph for articles of clothing. Enclosed with this plea for assistance are: an 1818 letter of John Randolph to "Mr. Carrington," concerning Randolph's feelings of respect toward Carrington's father, [Paul Carrington (1733-1818)], who recently passed away, and a falling out with him in the past; and, a franked letter cover addressed to Beverley Tucker.

There are letters, 1907 March-April, of Andrew Lang and newspaper clippings pertaining to an incident between Lang and Smedes. Lang poked fun at Smedes' book, Memorials of a Southern Planter , and the author's name in verse. Smedes' nephew, Richard Heath Dabney, a University of Virginia professor, rebutted with a verse of his own, causing Lang to apologize profusely. Apparently, Smedes was amused by the affair.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

C[harlotte]
M[ary]

Contents List

Letters pertaining to Memorials of a Southern Planter

Augustus [John Cuthbert] Hare (1834-1903) 1886 July 9
Lord Northington 1887 Nov 8
Augustus [John Cuthbert] Hare 1887 Nov 13
Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby (for Queen Victoria) (1825-1895) 1887 Dec 14
C[harlotte] M[ary] Yonge (1823-1901) 1888 Feb 10
William E. Gladstone (with printed reproduction and the prefatory notice) 1889 Oct 12
John Murray (publisher) (1808-1892) 1889 Nov 4
J. A. Froude 1889 Dec 29
Charles Dudley Warner (author) (1829-1909) 1890 Jan 17
J. A. Froude 1890 Mar 21
Jeanie D. Hogg (daughter of the Ettrick Shepherd) to Mrs. Mussell 1890 July 14
John Murray 1890 Aug 14
John Murray, account 1891 Dec 31
John Murray 1892 Dec 13
John Murray 1896 Feb 14
Andrew Lang (1844-1912) 1907 March 2
Andrew Lang 1907 March 3
John Murray 1907 April 16
unidentified ANS n.d.
Newspaper clippings concerning Andrew Lang and Susan Dabney Smedes 1907

Letter of Richard Dabney Heath

#2655-a

A. D. Brydon to R. H. Dabney, with [1818] letter from John Randolph of Roanoke to Mr. Carrington, and a franked letter cover from John Randolph of Roanoke to Beverley Tucker 1899 May 8