Inventory of the Daingerfield Papers 1833-1930 Daingerfield Papers, 1833-1930 Mss. 39.1 D14

Inventory of the Daingerfield Papers 1833-1930

A Collection in the
Manuscripts and Rare Books Department
Collection Number Mss. 39.2 D14

Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary

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Repository

Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Collection number

Mss. 39.2 D14

Title

Daingerfield Papers, 1833-1851

Extent

8 items.

Collector

Daingerfield Family.

Language

English

Abstract

Letters of Mrs. Sallie Withrow Daingerfield to family members. Includes letters from Edward Randolph Edmunds.

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 in writing from the Curator of Manucripts and Rare Books and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred Citation

Daingerfield Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

Gift, 31 March 1930.

Scope and Content Information

Letters, 1833-1840, from Sallie Withrow Daingerfield at "Belleplane" [or "Belleplain"] Richmond County, Va. to her husband Joseph F. Daingerfield, member of the Virginia House of Delegates; to her sister Margaret A. Withrow at Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, Va. [now W. Va.]; and to her brother John Withrow.

Includes letters, 1850-1851, from Edward Randolph Edmunds in London, Eng. and Florence, Italy to his sister Sallie Edmunds (Mrs. Edwin Short Edmunds) describing his travels; and a letter, 1930, concerning the military service of Joseph F. Daingerfield.

Arrangement

Collection is arranged chronologically.

Organization

The inventory has been divided into three series. Series 1 are the letters of S. M. Daingerfield, series 2 are letters of Edward R. Edmunds and series 3 is a letter concerning the West Point record of Joseph F. Daingerfield.

Index Terms

Persons:

Daingerfield, Joseph F., 1800 or 1-1840.
Daingerfield, Sallie Withrow.
Edmunds, Edward Randolph.
Edmunds, Sallie, Mrs.
Withrow, John.
Withrow, Margaret A.

Contents List

Letters of S. M. Daingerfield. 1833-1840.

5 items.

Series 1: Letters of S. M. Daingerfield

S. M. Daingerfield at Lewisburg, [Va.] to Joseph F. Daingerfield, at Fayette Court House, Va. 17 March 1833.
S. [M. Daingerfield] at Belplain, to Major J. F. Daingerfield, at Richmond, Va. 8 Feb[ruary] 1839.

Postmarked Warsaw.
[S. M. Daingerfield], at Belleplane, to [J. F.] Daingerfield, at Richmond, Virginia. 14 March 1839.

Mutilated.
S. M. Daingerfield, at Westwood, to her sister, Margaret A. Withrow, at Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, Va. 18 Sept. 1840.

Same sheet as below.

Postmarked Port Republic
S. M. Daingerfield to her brother [John Withrow.]

Same sheet as above
Sally [Daingerfield] to Joseph F. Daingerfield, at Fayette Court House, Va. No date.

Postmarked Lewisburgh, Va.

Letters of Edward R. Edmunds. 1850-1851.

2 items.

Series 2: Letters of Edward R. Edmunds

E[dward] R[andolph] Edmunds, at Florence, Italy, to Mrs. E[dwin] S[hort] Edmunds, at Hopkinsville, Ky. 25 June 1850.
Edward [R. Edmunds] at London, to Sallie [i.e., Mrs. Edwin S. Edmunds], at Hopkinsville, Ky. 10 Aug. 1851.

Copy of a letter from [?] LeR. Martin, assistant adjutant, U. S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, to [Miss Sally Daingerfield 10 Feb[ruary] 1930

Series 3: Letter concerning West Point record of Joseph F. Daingerfield.

Concerning the record of Joseph F. Daingerfield.