Administrative Information

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Publication Rights/ Restrictions on Use

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred Citation

Kibler-Bland Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

Gift; 10 items, 1950.

Scope and Content Information

Typescripts of material concerning Richard Bland, (1710-1776), of Williamsburg, Virginia composed mainly of biographical and genealogical information on Bland and his family and information about the Bland House in Williamsburg, Virginia. Also included, biographical material on Henry Wetherburn in connection with running his tavern in Wiliiamsburg. This material concerns the dates of 1671-1776 although the typescripts are not from that era.

The typescripts of the articles and notes on the subject of the Richard Bland House were authored by J. Luther Kibler.

Related Material

Materials related to this collection can be found under the J. Luther Kibler Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

J. Luther Kibler Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. J. Luther Kibler Papers, 1908-1944. 1,008 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 K53.

Index Terms

Family Names:

• Bland family.

Persons:

• Bland, Richard, 1710- 1776.
• Wetherburn, Henry, fl. 1738-1760.

Subjects:

• Taverns, hotels, etc.--Virginia.
• Wetherburn's Tavern (Williamsburg, Va.)

Geographical Names:

• Williamsburg (Va.)--History--18th century.

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