{"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=William+Young+Conn%0A+++++++++White","last":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=William+Young+Conn%0A+++++++++White\u0026page=1"},"meta":{"pages":{"current_page":1,"next_page":null,"prev_page":null,"total_pages":1,"limit_value":10,"offset_value":0,"total_count":1,"first_page?":true,"last_page?":true}},"data":[{"id":"viu_viu00730","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"White Family Papers \n          1794-1921","creator":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00730#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"William Young Conn\n         White","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00730#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThe White familypapers contain 1,190 items (4 Hollinger boxes, ca. 1.5 linear feet), 1794-1921, chiefly the correspondence, business and legal papers of the Whiteand Robertsonfamilies of Abingdon, Virginia. These closely related families were two of the leading participants in the business and political life of Southwest Virginiaduring the nineteenth century. The business papers of Col. James White(1770-1838), other papers concerning the settlement of his estate, and the business and correspondence of the White family, chiefly of William Young Conn White(1812-1882), all contain material relating to the development of business and industry in Southwest Virginiaand its economic ties to Tennesseeand Alabamabefore and after the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00730#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viu_viu00730","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00730","_root_":"viu_viu00730","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00730","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00730.xml","title_ssm":["White Family Papers \n          1794-1921"],"title_tesim":["White Family Papers \n          1794-1921"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["9372, -b, -c"],"text":["9372, -b, -c","White Family Papers \n          1794-1921","ca. 1190 items","The White family papers are arranged in seven series: 1)\n         business papers of Colonel James White; 2) papers regarding\n         the settlement of the James White estate; 3) correspondence of\n         the White family; 4) legal, business \u0026 miscellaneous\n         papers of the White \u0026 related families; 5) papers of the\n         Campbell family; 6) papers of the Robertson family; 7)\n         oversize items.","This arrangement has retained as much of the organization\n         imposed by a former departmental field archivist as\n         possible.","Colonel \n          James White (1770-1838) married \n          Eliza Wilson in 1798 and they had the\n         following known children: 1) \n          Jane C. (White) Humes ; 2) \n          James Lowry White (d. ca. 1838); 3) \n          Eleanor White (d. 1852); 4) \n          Ann Eliza (White) Hannum ; 5) \n          William Young Conn White (1812-1882); 6) \n          Thomas W. White (1817-?); 7) \n          Newton K. White ; 8) \n          Addison White ; 9) \n          Milton White .","William King (1769-1808), owner of the\n         saltworks at \n          Saltville, Virginia , married \n          Mary Trigg in 1799. After his death in\n         1808, \n          Mary Trigg King married \n          Francis Smith and they produced at least\n         one daughter, \n          Mary Trigg Smith . \n          Wyndham Robertson (1803-1888) married \n          Mary Trigg Smith and had the following\n         known children: 1) \n          William Robertson (d. post 1859); 2) \n          Mary Robertson (1831-1867) m. 1856 \n          William Willis Blackford (1831-1905); 3) \n          Frank Smith Robertson (1841?-1926) m. [ca.\n         1868] \n          Stella Wheeler ; 4) \n          Catherine Robertson m. 1867 \n          James L. White (1842-1914); 5) \n          Pocahontas Robertson m. \n          Connally F. Trigg (1847-?); 6) \n          Wyndham Robertson, Jr. m. \n          Flora Henderson .","The \n          White family papers contain 1,190 items (4\n         Hollinger boxes, ca. 1.5 linear feet), 1794-1921, chiefly the\n         correspondence, business and legal papers of the \n          White and \n          Robertson families of \n          Abingdon, Virginia . These closely related\n         families were two of the leading participants in the business\n         and political life of Southwest \n          Virginia during the nineteenth century.\n         The business papers of Col. \n          James White (1770-1838), other papers\n         concerning the settlement of his estate, and the business and\n         correspondence of the \n          White family , chiefly of \n          William Young Conn White (1812-1882), all\n         contain material relating to the development of business and\n         industry in Southwest \n          Virginia and its economic ties to \n          Tennessee and \n          Alabama before and after the Civil\n         War.","The first two series of the \n          White family papers contain Col. \n          James White 's own business papers,\n         1807-1838, and papers relating to the settlement of his vast\n         estate, 1838-1878. Col. White was involved in a number of\n         mercantile interests (up to some forty-five at one time) in\n         addition to the saltworks at \n          Saltville, Washington County . This\n         included business interests in the states of \n          Virginia , \n          Tennessee , \n          Alabama , and \n          Georgia , and investments in lead mines in\n          Wythe County , iron furnaces, cotton\n         plantations, and slaves. His property was worth at least\n         $750,000 at the time of his death. Unfortunately, Col. White's\n         business papers do not furnish a complete picture of any of\n         these interests.","Col. White moved to \n          Abingdon, Virginia about 1795. Prior to\n         his arrival there, White had worked for \n          Talbot, Jones \u0026 Company , a \n          Baltimore merchandising house, who\n         supplied him with enough goods to set up his own business. He\n         married Miss \n          Eliza Wilson in 1798 and began expanding\n         his business by becoming a partner of such men as Mr.\n         Henderson in \n          Abingdon and \n          William Lynn in \n          Alabama .","One of his most important business enterprises was the\n         leasing of the saltworks at \n          Saltville, Virginia , from the executors\n         of the \n          William King estate. Because the chain of\n         ownership and control of the saltworks is somewhat confusing,\n         the following short history of ownership will clarify White's\n         own involvement in the property.","General \n          Francis Preston and his family had owned\n         the salt lick when \n          William King (1769-1808) purchased the\n         land west of their claim in 1795. By 1799, King had erected\n         furnaces and began the manufacture of salt. He also rented the\n          Preston Salines until his death in 1808.\n         According to his will, the salt works were carried on by his\n         brother, \n          James King , \n          William Trigg , and \n          William King 's wife, \n          Mary Trigg King , and their executors\n         until 1819, when it was leased to \n          John Sanders . Sanders sold his lease\n         rights to \n          James White who leased the operations\n         until 1833. Other individuals leased this property until the\n         formation of the \n          Holston Salt \u0026 Plaster Company in\n         1864. The \n          King Saltworks produced from 90,000 to\n         100,000 bushels of salt per year. During the Civil War, it was\n         the largest supplier of salt to the Confederacy.","The business papers of Col. White contain several items\n         related to his salt interests including: papers concerning the\n         estate of \n          William King and the saltworks (October\n         27, 1820; May 14, 1821; April 3, June 7, \u0026 October 4,\n         1823; and September 1834); extracts from \n          John Hardies ' disposition concerning salt\n         prices, 1824-1829 (April 7, 1829); and other legal papers\n         regarding the saltworks (May 26, 1830; September 8, 1831;\n         April 1833; November 7, 1834; March 12 \u0026 September 27,\n         1836; May 26, 1837; and August 15, 1838); a valuation of\n         buildings at \n          Saltville (undated) and a memorandum\n         regarding the account books at \n          Saltville (undated).","His business papers also include the balances on the \n          Saltville books (1820-1835). Papers\n         concerning cotton shipments (1837-1838) and his other\n         mercantile interests (August 25, 1821 and April 16, 1835) are\n         present but do not adequately represent the extent of his\n         involvement.","The settlement of the estate of Col. \n          James White was not completed until 1878\n         and the records in the second series show the extent of\n         White's assets at his death, especially the slave and land\n         inventories (ca. 1838), a notebook regarding the estate of \n          James White , 1843-1863, and a commonplace\n         book record of the division of his property (ca. 1851).","An inventory entitled \"Inventory and appraisement of the\n         personal property belonging to the estate of Col. James White\n         deceased\" is an especially useful summation of Col. White's\n         economic status at the time of his death. It contains entries\n         for: merchandise (pp. 1-18); small notes (pp. 19-37); salt due\n         bills (p. 38); appraisements of property in \n          Clay County, Kentucky , and the \n          Limestone and \n          Bellefonte Plantations in \n          Alabama (pp. 39-44); sales of personal\n         property (pp. 45-46); dividends, cash received and notes (p.\n         47); various agreements (pp. 60-121); and settlement of the\n         estate (pp. 126-129). The volume also has notes regarding the\n         periodic examination of the accounts by the commissioner which\n         were recorded by the court, 1839-1871.","The correspondence of the \n          White family includes many letters\n         concerning business matters; of special note are the letters\n         of \n          Thomas Wilson White (1817-? ) to his\n         brother \n          William Young Conn White (1812-1882), both\n         sons of Col. \n          James White . \n          Thomas White was the manager of the\n         family's plantation \" \n          Bellefonte , \" near \n          Huntsville, Alabama , and his letters give\n         a detailed account of its affairs (Feb., Nov., and Dec. 1843;\n         Jan. 1844; Sep., Nov., and Dec. 1845; Feb., Apr., and Dec.\n         1846; Jun. 1847; Jul. 1848; Mar. and May 1849; Mar. and Jul.\n         1851; Feb.-Apr. 1852; Apr. 1854; Oct. 1857; Jan., Apr., \u0026\n         Jun. 1858; Jul., \u0026 Sep.-Oct. 1859; Nov. 1862; Jul. 1874;\n         Mar., Apr., and Dec. 1876; Feb. and Jun. 1877; and Mar.\n         1878).","Other topics of interest in the \n          White family correspondence include: slavery\n         (January 1, 1840; August 26, 1841; April 25 \u0026 November 29,\n         1846; January 23, 1858 and July 16, 1859); the salt\n         merchandising business (November 28, 1842), banking and\n         financial difficulties (February 9, 1843; June 1, 1847; and\n         October 13, \u0026 16, 1857); and cotton prices (January 21,\n         1844; November 23, 1845; February 28, 1846; and April 29,\n         1854).","The fourth group of papers include the legal,\n         miscellaneous, and business papers of the \n          White family . Of note in the legal papers\n         are the following: an inventory and appraisement of the\n         estates of \n          Eliza White and \n          Eleanor W. White (1851-1880); an indenture\n         regarding the saltworks between \n          James White and \n          William King (August 4, 1823); and land\n         grants signed by various governors of \n          Virginia , including \n          James Pleasants , \n          James Wood , and \n          John Tyler, Sr.","Miscellaneous papers include a copy of a talk concerning\n         Judge \n          Peter Johnson (1763-1831) who grew up at \"\n          Longwood \" near \n          Farmville, Virginia (undated) and a copy\n         of The Daily Express of \n          Petersburg, Virginia (April 18, 1864).","The business papers of the \n          White family show their widespread business\n         interests, especially those of the \n          Saltville saltworks and their lead mines\n         in \n          Wythe County, Virginia . The account of\n         Dr. \n          Alexander Preston with \n          Eliza White (December 1839), containing\n         fees for medicines and doctor visits, sheds light on the types\n         of treatment occurring on a large plantation with many slaves.\n         A list of articles bought at a sale (August 22- 26, 1842)\n         includes livestock and slave prices.","Several of these papers deal with the \n          White family 's continued interest in the \n          King Saltworks , which later became the \n          Holston Salt and Plaster Company (Dec.,\n         1855; Sep., 1862; Jan., 1866; Apr., 1872; Sep., 1874; Jun.,\n         and Oct., 1875; Feb., and May 1876; and Apr., 1877). There is\n         also other material concerning the \n          Holston Salt and Plaster Company in the\n         years, 1872-1881.","A large amount of material in the business papers concerns\n         the lead mines in \n          Wythe County under the company names of \n          Austinville Lead Mining Company , \n          Union Lead Mines Company , and \n          Wythe Lead and Zinc Mine Company (Feb. and\n         May 1856; Nov. 1857; Nov. 1864; Nov. 1865; Jul. and Dec. 1866;\n         Mar., May, Jul.-Dec. 1874; Jan. 1875; Dec. 1876; and Jan.-Apr.\n         1877). The bulk of the material on the lead mines is located\n         within the years 1874-1880.","The collection also contains a small group of papers\n         concerning the \n          Campell family , 1853-1882. One letter,\n         August 23, 1862, describes some of the economic difficulties\n         resulting from the Civil War.","The next series consists of the \n          Robertson family papers. \n          James Lowry White (1842-1914), son of \n          William Young Conn White , married \n          Catherine Markham Robertson , daughter of\n         Governor \n          Wyndham Robertson (1803-1883), who resided\n         at the \" \n          Meadows , \" near \n          Abingdon, Virginia .","The papers of \n          Powhatan Robertson , a brother of \n          Wyndham Robertson , include: reports on\n         his college work (1815-1816) and essays written by him at \n          William and Mary (undated); three small\n         travel diaries describing his European Tour through \n          France , \n          Italy , and \n          Switzerland (October 12-November 25, 1818,\n         November 26-December 22, 1818, and January 3-May 2, 1819); and\n         letters describing the government and people of \n          Switzerland and predicting that the growth\n         of Russian power and influence would continue into the next\n         century (June 9, 1819), and a speech by \n          John Randolph during the Missouri\n         Compromise debate (February 22, 1820).","The correspondence of the \n          Robertson family contains several Civil War\n         letters of interest: \n          Frank Robertson 's description of Major \n          John Pelham (1838-1863) who fell at \n          Kelly's Ford (March 19, 1863); bands of\n         men pillaging the country (April 1865); and reconstruction\n         politics and settlement (June 6, 1865).","The letters to \n          Kate (Robertson) White contain several\n         Civil War letters from her brother Frank, who served as a\n         captain under \n          J. E. B. Stuart , about his life as an\n         officer and skirmishes ( [ca. 1860 ?]; August 25, 1861; May 7,\n         July 26, and August 3, 1862; April 5 \u0026 18, 1863; and an\n         attempt by Federal forces to capture the saltworks at \n          Abingdon (October 17, [1864]). There are\n         also many letters from \n          Wyndham Robertson and \n          Mary Frances Trigg Robertson to their\n         children, especially Kate.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Talbot, Jones \u0026 Company","Preston Salines","Holston Salt \u0026 Plaster Company","King Saltworks","Limestone","Bellefonte","Longwood","Holston Salt and Plaster Company","Austinville Lead Mining Company","Union Lead Mines Company","Wythe Lead and Zinc Mine Company","Meadows","William and Mary","White and Buchanan","Southwest Virginia, Norfolk \u0026 Western\n                  Railroad Company","Abingdon Development\n                  Company","O.W. Gray \u0026 Son","White family","White","Robertson","Campell family","Robertson family","Campbell Family","Robertson Family","James White","Eliza Wilson","Jane C. (White) Humes","James Lowry White","Eleanor White","Ann Eliza (White) Hannum","William Young Conn White","Thomas W. White","Newton K. White","Addison White","Milton White","William King","Mary Trigg","Mary Trigg King","Francis Smith","Mary Trigg Smith","Wyndham Robertson","William Robertson","Mary Robertson","William Willis Blackford","Frank Smith Robertson","Stella Wheeler","Catherine Robertson","James L. White","Pocahontas Robertson","Connally F. Trigg","Wyndham Robertson, Jr.","Flora Henderson","William Lynn","Francis Preston","James King","William Trigg","John Sanders","John Hardies","Thomas Wilson White","Thomas White","Eliza White","Eleanor W. White","James Pleasants","James Wood","John Tyler, Sr.","Peter Johnson","Alexander Preston","Catherine Markham Robertson","Powhatan Robertson","John Randolph","Frank Robertson","John Pelham","Kate (Robertson) White","J. E. B. Stuart","Mary Frances Trigg Robertson","John R. Humes","William Young Conn\n                  White","Wyndham R. 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(White) Humes\u003c/persname\u003e; 2) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Lowry White\u003c/persname\u003e(d. ca. 1838); 3) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor White\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1852); 4) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnn Eliza (White) Hannum\u003c/persname\u003e; 5) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Young Conn White\u003c/persname\u003e(1812-1882); 6) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas W. White\u003c/persname\u003e(1817-?); 7) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNewton K. White\u003c/persname\u003e; 8) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAddison White\u003c/persname\u003e; 9) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton White\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam King\u003c/persname\u003e(1769-1808), owner of the\n         saltworks at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSaltville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, married \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Trigg\u003c/persname\u003ein 1799. After his death in\n         1808, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Trigg King\u003c/persname\u003emarried \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand they produced at least\n         one daughter, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Trigg Smith\u003c/persname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWyndham Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e(1803-1888) married \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Trigg Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand had the following\n         known children: 1) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e(d. post 1859); 2) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e(1831-1867) m. 1856 \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Willis Blackford\u003c/persname\u003e(1831-1905); 3) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Smith Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e(1841?-1926) m. [ca.\n         1868] \n         \u003cpersname\u003eStella Wheeler\u003c/persname\u003e; 4) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCatherine Robertson\u003c/persname\u003em. 1867 \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames L. White\u003c/persname\u003e(1842-1914); 5) \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePocahontas Robertson\u003c/persname\u003em. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eConnally F. Trigg\u003c/persname\u003e(1847-?); 6) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWyndham Robertson, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003em. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFlora Henderson\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Genealogical Information re the White \u0026 Robertson\n         families"],"bioghist_tesim":["Colonel \n          James White (1770-1838) married \n          Eliza Wilson in 1798 and they had the\n         following known children: 1) \n          Jane C. (White) Humes ; 2) \n          James Lowry White (d. ca. 1838); 3) \n          Eleanor White (d. 1852); 4) \n          Ann Eliza (White) Hannum ; 5) \n          William Young Conn White (1812-1882); 6) \n          Thomas W. White (1817-?); 7) \n          Newton K. White ; 8) \n          Addison White ; 9) \n          Milton White .","William King (1769-1808), owner of the\n         saltworks at \n          Saltville, Virginia , married \n          Mary Trigg in 1799. After his death in\n         1808, \n          Mary Trigg King married \n          Francis Smith and they produced at least\n         one daughter, \n          Mary Trigg Smith . \n          Wyndham Robertson (1803-1888) married \n          Mary Trigg Smith and had the following\n         known children: 1) \n          William Robertson (d. post 1859); 2) \n          Mary Robertson (1831-1867) m. 1856 \n          William Willis Blackford (1831-1905); 3) \n          Frank Smith Robertson (1841?-1926) m. [ca.\n         1868] \n          Stella Wheeler ; 4) \n          Catherine Robertson m. 1867 \n          James L. White (1842-1914); 5) \n          Pocahontas Robertson m. \n          Connally F. Trigg (1847-?); 6) \n          Wyndham Robertson, Jr. m. \n          Flora Henderson ."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWhite family\u003c/famname\u003epapers contain 1,190 items (4\n         Hollinger boxes, ca. 1.5 linear feet), 1794-1921, chiefly the\n         correspondence, business and legal papers of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWhite\u003c/famname\u003eand \n         \u003cfamname\u003eRobertson\u003c/famname\u003efamilies of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. These closely related\n         families were two of the leading participants in the business\n         and political life of Southwest \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eduring the nineteenth century.\n         The business papers of Col. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames White\u003c/persname\u003e(1770-1838), other papers\n         concerning the settlement of his estate, and the business and\n         correspondence of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWhite family\u003c/famname\u003e, chiefly of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Young Conn White\u003c/persname\u003e(1812-1882), all\n         contain material relating to the development of business and\n         industry in Southwest \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eand its economic ties to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTennessee\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlabama\u003c/geogname\u003ebefore and after the Civil\n         War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe first two series of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWhite family\u003c/famname\u003epapers contain Col. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames White\u003c/persname\u003e's own business papers,\n         1807-1838, and papers relating to the settlement of his vast\n         estate, 1838-1878. Col. White was involved in a number of\n         mercantile interests (up to some forty-five at one time) in\n         addition to the saltworks at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSaltville, Washington County\u003c/geogname\u003e. This\n         included business interests in the states of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlabama\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGeorgia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and investments in lead mines in\n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWythe County\u003c/geogname\u003e, iron furnaces, cotton\n         plantations, and slaves. His property was worth at least\n         $750,000 at the time of his death. Unfortunately, Col. White's\n         business papers do not furnish a complete picture of any of\n         these interests.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCol. White moved to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003eabout 1795. Prior to\n         his arrival there, White had worked for \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eTalbot, Jones \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, a \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBaltimore\u003c/geogname\u003emerchandising house, who\n         supplied him with enough goods to set up his own business. He\n         married Miss \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEliza Wilson\u003c/persname\u003ein 1798 and began expanding\n         his business by becoming a partner of such men as Mr.\n         Henderson in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Lynn\u003c/persname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlabama\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne of his most important business enterprises was the\n         leasing of the saltworks at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSaltville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, from the executors\n         of the \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam King\u003c/persname\u003eestate. Because the chain of\n         ownership and control of the saltworks is somewhat confusing,\n         the following short history of ownership will clarify White's\n         own involvement in the property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Preston\u003c/persname\u003eand his family had owned\n         the salt lick when \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam King\u003c/persname\u003e(1769-1808) purchased the\n         land west of their claim in 1795. By 1799, King had erected\n         furnaces and began the manufacture of salt. He also rented the\n         \u003ccorpname\u003ePreston Salines\u003c/corpname\u003euntil his death in 1808.\n         According to his will, the salt works were carried on by his\n         brother, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames King\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Trigg\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam King\u003c/persname\u003e's wife, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Trigg King\u003c/persname\u003e, and their executors\n         until 1819, when it was leased to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e. Sanders sold his lease\n         rights to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames White\u003c/persname\u003ewho leased the operations\n         until 1833. Other individuals leased this property until the\n         formation of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHolston Salt \u0026amp; Plaster Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein\n         1864. The \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eKing Saltworks\u003c/corpname\u003eproduced from 90,000 to\n         100,000 bushels of salt per year. During the Civil War, it was\n         the largest supplier of salt to the Confederacy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe business papers of Col. White contain several items\n         related to his salt interests including: papers concerning the\n         estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam King\u003c/persname\u003eand the saltworks (October\n         27, 1820; May 14, 1821; April 3, June 7, \u0026amp; October 4,\n         1823; and September 1834); extracts from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Hardies\u003c/persname\u003e' disposition concerning salt\n         prices, 1824-1829 (April 7, 1829); and other legal papers\n         regarding the saltworks (May 26, 1830; September 8, 1831;\n         April 1833; November 7, 1834; March 12 \u0026amp; September 27,\n         1836; May 26, 1837; and August 15, 1838); a valuation of\n         buildings at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSaltville\u003c/geogname\u003e(undated) and a memorandum\n         regarding the account books at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSaltville\u003c/geogname\u003e(undated).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis business papers also include the balances on the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSaltville\u003c/geogname\u003ebooks (1820-1835). Papers\n         concerning cotton shipments (1837-1838) and his other\n         mercantile interests (August 25, 1821 and April 16, 1835) are\n         present but do not adequately represent the extent of his\n         involvement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe settlement of the estate of Col. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames White\u003c/persname\u003ewas not completed until 1878\n         and the records in the second series show the extent of\n         White's assets at his death, especially the slave and land\n         inventories (ca. 1838), a notebook regarding the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames White\u003c/persname\u003e, 1843-1863, and a commonplace\n         book record of the division of his property (ca. 1851).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn inventory entitled \"Inventory and appraisement of the\n         personal property belonging to the estate of Col. James White\n         deceased\" is an especially useful summation of Col. White's\n         economic status at the time of his death. It contains entries\n         for: merchandise (pp. 1-18); small notes (pp. 19-37); salt due\n         bills (p. 38); appraisements of property in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eClay County, Kentucky\u003c/geogname\u003e, and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eLimestone\u003c/corpname\u003eand \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBellefonte\u003c/corpname\u003ePlantations in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlabama\u003c/geogname\u003e(pp. 39-44); sales of personal\n         property (pp. 45-46); dividends, cash received and notes (p.\n         47); various agreements (pp. 60-121); and settlement of the\n         estate (pp. 126-129). The volume also has notes regarding the\n         periodic examination of the accounts by the commissioner which\n         were recorded by the court, 1839-1871.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWhite family\u003c/famname\u003eincludes many letters\n         concerning business matters; of special note are the letters\n         of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Wilson White\u003c/persname\u003e(1817-? ) to his\n         brother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Young Conn White\u003c/persname\u003e(1812-1882), both\n         sons of Col. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames White\u003c/persname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas White\u003c/persname\u003ewas the manager of the\n         family's plantation \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBellefonte\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" near \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHuntsville, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e, and his letters give\n         a detailed account of its affairs (Feb., Nov., and Dec. 1843;\n         Jan. 1844; Sep., Nov., and Dec. 1845; Feb., Apr., and Dec.\n         1846; Jun. 1847; Jul. 1848; Mar. and May 1849; Mar. and Jul.\n         1851; Feb.-Apr. 1852; Apr. 1854; Oct. 1857; Jan., Apr., \u0026amp;\n         Jun. 1858; Jul., \u0026amp; Sep.-Oct. 1859; Nov. 1862; Jul. 1874;\n         Mar., Apr., and Dec. 1876; Feb. and Jun. 1877; and Mar.\n         1878).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther topics of interest in the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWhite family\u003c/famname\u003ecorrespondence include: slavery\n         (January 1, 1840; August 26, 1841; April 25 \u0026amp; November 29,\n         1846; January 23, 1858 and July 16, 1859); the salt\n         merchandising business (November 28, 1842), banking and\n         financial difficulties (February 9, 1843; June 1, 1847; and\n         October 13, \u0026amp; 16, 1857); and cotton prices (January 21,\n         1844; November 23, 1845; February 28, 1846; and April 29,\n         1854).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe fourth group of papers include the legal,\n         miscellaneous, and business papers of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWhite family\u003c/famname\u003e. Of note in the legal papers\n         are the following: an inventory and appraisement of the\n         estates of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEliza White\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor W. White\u003c/persname\u003e(1851-1880); an indenture\n         regarding the saltworks between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames White\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam King\u003c/persname\u003e(August 4, 1823); and land\n         grants signed by various governors of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Pleasants\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Wood\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tyler, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous papers include a copy of a talk concerning\n         Judge \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e(1763-1831) who grew up at \"\n         \u003ccorpname\u003eLongwood\u003c/corpname\u003e\" near \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFarmville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(undated) and a copy\n         of The Daily Express of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 18, 1864).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe business papers of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWhite family\u003c/famname\u003eshow their widespread business\n         interests, especially those of the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSaltville\u003c/geogname\u003esaltworks and their lead mines\n         in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWythe County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. The account of\n         Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander Preston\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEliza White\u003c/persname\u003e(December 1839), containing\n         fees for medicines and doctor visits, sheds light on the types\n         of treatment occurring on a large plantation with many slaves.\n         A list of articles bought at a sale (August 22- 26, 1842)\n         includes livestock and slave prices.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral of these papers deal with the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWhite family\u003c/famname\u003e's continued interest in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eKing Saltworks\u003c/corpname\u003e, which later became the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHolston Salt and Plaster Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(Dec.,\n         1855; Sep., 1862; Jan., 1866; Apr., 1872; Sep., 1874; Jun.,\n         and Oct., 1875; Feb., and May 1876; and Apr., 1877). There is\n         also other material concerning the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHolston Salt and Plaster Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein the\n         years, 1872-1881.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA large amount of material in the business papers concerns\n         the lead mines in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWythe County\u003c/geogname\u003eunder the company names of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAustinville Lead Mining Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUnion Lead Mines Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, and \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWythe Lead and Zinc Mine Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(Feb. and\n         May 1856; Nov. 1857; Nov. 1864; Nov. 1865; Jul. and Dec. 1866;\n         Mar., May, Jul.-Dec. 1874; Jan. 1875; Dec. 1876; and Jan.-Apr.\n         1877). The bulk of the material on the lead mines is located\n         within the years 1874-1880.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection also contains a small group of papers\n         concerning the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCampell family\u003c/famname\u003e, 1853-1882. One letter,\n         August 23, 1862, describes some of the economic difficulties\n         resulting from the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe next series consists of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eRobertson family\u003c/famname\u003epapers. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Lowry White\u003c/persname\u003e(1842-1914), son of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Young Conn White\u003c/persname\u003e, married \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCatherine Markham Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e, daughter of\n         Governor \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWyndham Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e(1803-1883), who resided\n         at the \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eMeadows\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" near \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePowhatan Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e, a brother of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWyndham Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e, include: reports on\n         his college work (1815-1816) and essays written by him at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWilliam and Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e(undated); three small\n         travel diaries describing his European Tour through \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSwitzerland\u003c/geogname\u003e(October 12-November 25, 1818,\n         November 26-December 22, 1818, and January 3-May 2, 1819); and\n         letters describing the government and people of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSwitzerland\u003c/geogname\u003eand predicting that the growth\n         of Russian power and influence would continue into the next\n         century (June 9, 1819), and a speech by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Randolph\u003c/persname\u003eduring the Missouri\n         Compromise debate (February 22, 1820).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eRobertson family\u003c/famname\u003econtains several Civil War\n         letters of interest: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e's description of Major \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pelham\u003c/persname\u003e(1838-1863) who fell at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKelly's Ford\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 19, 1863); bands of\n         men pillaging the country (April 1865); and reconstruction\n         politics and settlement (June 6, 1865).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eKate (Robertson) White\u003c/persname\u003econtain several\n         Civil War letters from her brother Frank, who served as a\n         captain under \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJ. E. B. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003e, about his life as an\n         officer and skirmishes ( [ca. 1860 ?]; August 25, 1861; May 7,\n         July 26, and August 3, 1862; April 5 \u0026amp; 18, 1863; and an\n         attempt by Federal forces to capture the saltworks at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon\u003c/geogname\u003e(October 17, [1864]). There are\n         also many letters from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWyndham Robertson\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Frances Trigg Robertson\u003c/persname\u003eto their\n         children, especially Kate.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The \n          White family papers contain 1,190 items (4\n         Hollinger boxes, ca. 1.5 linear feet), 1794-1921, chiefly the\n         correspondence, business and legal papers of the \n          White and \n          Robertson families of \n          Abingdon, Virginia . These closely related\n         families were two of the leading participants in the business\n         and political life of Southwest \n          Virginia during the nineteenth century.\n         The business papers of Col. \n          James White (1770-1838), other papers\n         concerning the settlement of his estate, and the business and\n         correspondence of the \n          White family , chiefly of \n          William Young Conn White (1812-1882), all\n         contain material relating to the development of business and\n         industry in Southwest \n          Virginia and its economic ties to \n          Tennessee and \n          Alabama before and after the Civil\n         War.","The first two series of the \n          White family papers contain Col. \n          James White 's own business papers,\n         1807-1838, and papers relating to the settlement of his vast\n         estate, 1838-1878. Col. White was involved in a number of\n         mercantile interests (up to some forty-five at one time) in\n         addition to the saltworks at \n          Saltville, Washington County . This\n         included business interests in the states of \n          Virginia , \n          Tennessee , \n          Alabama , and \n          Georgia , and investments in lead mines in\n          Wythe County , iron furnaces, cotton\n         plantations, and slaves. His property was worth at least\n         $750,000 at the time of his death. Unfortunately, Col. White's\n         business papers do not furnish a complete picture of any of\n         these interests.","Col. White moved to \n          Abingdon, Virginia about 1795. Prior to\n         his arrival there, White had worked for \n          Talbot, Jones \u0026 Company , a \n          Baltimore merchandising house, who\n         supplied him with enough goods to set up his own business. He\n         married Miss \n          Eliza Wilson in 1798 and began expanding\n         his business by becoming a partner of such men as Mr.\n         Henderson in \n          Abingdon and \n          William Lynn in \n          Alabama .","One of his most important business enterprises was the\n         leasing of the saltworks at \n          Saltville, Virginia , from the executors\n         of the \n          William King estate. Because the chain of\n         ownership and control of the saltworks is somewhat confusing,\n         the following short history of ownership will clarify White's\n         own involvement in the property.","General \n          Francis Preston and his family had owned\n         the salt lick when \n          William King (1769-1808) purchased the\n         land west of their claim in 1795. By 1799, King had erected\n         furnaces and began the manufacture of salt. He also rented the\n          Preston Salines until his death in 1808.\n         According to his will, the salt works were carried on by his\n         brother, \n          James King , \n          William Trigg , and \n          William King 's wife, \n          Mary Trigg King , and their executors\n         until 1819, when it was leased to \n          John Sanders . Sanders sold his lease\n         rights to \n          James White who leased the operations\n         until 1833. Other individuals leased this property until the\n         formation of the \n          Holston Salt \u0026 Plaster Company in\n         1864. The \n          King Saltworks produced from 90,000 to\n         100,000 bushels of salt per year. During the Civil War, it was\n         the largest supplier of salt to the Confederacy.","The business papers of Col. White contain several items\n         related to his salt interests including: papers concerning the\n         estate of \n          William King and the saltworks (October\n         27, 1820; May 14, 1821; April 3, June 7, \u0026 October 4,\n         1823; and September 1834); extracts from \n          John Hardies ' disposition concerning salt\n         prices, 1824-1829 (April 7, 1829); and other legal papers\n         regarding the saltworks (May 26, 1830; September 8, 1831;\n         April 1833; November 7, 1834; March 12 \u0026 September 27,\n         1836; May 26, 1837; and August 15, 1838); a valuation of\n         buildings at \n          Saltville (undated) and a memorandum\n         regarding the account books at \n          Saltville (undated).","His business papers also include the balances on the \n          Saltville books (1820-1835). Papers\n         concerning cotton shipments (1837-1838) and his other\n         mercantile interests (August 25, 1821 and April 16, 1835) are\n         present but do not adequately represent the extent of his\n         involvement.","The settlement of the estate of Col. \n          James White was not completed until 1878\n         and the records in the second series show the extent of\n         White's assets at his death, especially the slave and land\n         inventories (ca. 1838), a notebook regarding the estate of \n          James White , 1843-1863, and a commonplace\n         book record of the division of his property (ca. 1851).","An inventory entitled \"Inventory and appraisement of the\n         personal property belonging to the estate of Col. James White\n         deceased\" is an especially useful summation of Col. White's\n         economic status at the time of his death. It contains entries\n         for: merchandise (pp. 1-18); small notes (pp. 19-37); salt due\n         bills (p. 38); appraisements of property in \n          Clay County, Kentucky , and the \n          Limestone and \n          Bellefonte Plantations in \n          Alabama (pp. 39-44); sales of personal\n         property (pp. 45-46); dividends, cash received and notes (p.\n         47); various agreements (pp. 60-121); and settlement of the\n         estate (pp. 126-129). The volume also has notes regarding the\n         periodic examination of the accounts by the commissioner which\n         were recorded by the court, 1839-1871.","The correspondence of the \n          White family includes many letters\n         concerning business matters; of special note are the letters\n         of \n          Thomas Wilson White (1817-? ) to his\n         brother \n          William Young Conn White (1812-1882), both\n         sons of Col. \n          James White . \n          Thomas White was the manager of the\n         family's plantation \" \n          Bellefonte , \" near \n          Huntsville, Alabama , and his letters give\n         a detailed account of its affairs (Feb., Nov., and Dec. 1843;\n         Jan. 1844; Sep., Nov., and Dec. 1845; Feb., Apr., and Dec.\n         1846; Jun. 1847; Jul. 1848; Mar. and May 1849; Mar. and Jul.\n         1851; Feb.-Apr. 1852; Apr. 1854; Oct. 1857; Jan., Apr., \u0026\n         Jun. 1858; Jul., \u0026 Sep.-Oct. 1859; Nov. 1862; Jul. 1874;\n         Mar., Apr., and Dec. 1876; Feb. and Jun. 1877; and Mar.\n         1878).","Other topics of interest in the \n          White family correspondence include: slavery\n         (January 1, 1840; August 26, 1841; April 25 \u0026 November 29,\n         1846; January 23, 1858 and July 16, 1859); the salt\n         merchandising business (November 28, 1842), banking and\n         financial difficulties (February 9, 1843; June 1, 1847; and\n         October 13, \u0026 16, 1857); and cotton prices (January 21,\n         1844; November 23, 1845; February 28, 1846; and April 29,\n         1854).","The fourth group of papers include the legal,\n         miscellaneous, and business papers of the \n          White family . Of note in the legal papers\n         are the following: an inventory and appraisement of the\n         estates of \n          Eliza White and \n          Eleanor W. White (1851-1880); an indenture\n         regarding the saltworks between \n          James White and \n          William King (August 4, 1823); and land\n         grants signed by various governors of \n          Virginia , including \n          James Pleasants , \n          James Wood , and \n          John Tyler, Sr.","Miscellaneous papers include a copy of a talk concerning\n         Judge \n          Peter Johnson (1763-1831) who grew up at \"\n          Longwood \" near \n          Farmville, Virginia (undated) and a copy\n         of The Daily Express of \n          Petersburg, Virginia (April 18, 1864).","The business papers of the \n          White family show their widespread business\n         interests, especially those of the \n          Saltville saltworks and their lead mines\n         in \n          Wythe County, Virginia . The account of\n         Dr. \n          Alexander Preston with \n          Eliza White (December 1839), containing\n         fees for medicines and doctor visits, sheds light on the types\n         of treatment occurring on a large plantation with many slaves.\n         A list of articles bought at a sale (August 22- 26, 1842)\n         includes livestock and slave prices.","Several of these papers deal with the \n          White family 's continued interest in the \n          King Saltworks , which later became the \n          Holston Salt and Plaster Company (Dec.,\n         1855; Sep., 1862; Jan., 1866; Apr., 1872; Sep., 1874; Jun.,\n         and Oct., 1875; Feb., and May 1876; and Apr., 1877). There is\n         also other material concerning the \n          Holston Salt and Plaster Company in the\n         years, 1872-1881.","A large amount of material in the business papers concerns\n         the lead mines in \n          Wythe County under the company names of \n          Austinville Lead Mining Company , \n          Union Lead Mines Company , and \n          Wythe Lead and Zinc Mine Company (Feb. and\n         May 1856; Nov. 1857; Nov. 1864; Nov. 1865; Jul. and Dec. 1866;\n         Mar., May, Jul.-Dec. 1874; Jan. 1875; Dec. 1876; and Jan.-Apr.\n         1877). The bulk of the material on the lead mines is located\n         within the years 1874-1880.","The collection also contains a small group of papers\n         concerning the \n          Campell family , 1853-1882. One letter,\n         August 23, 1862, describes some of the economic difficulties\n         resulting from the Civil War.","The next series consists of the \n          Robertson family papers. \n          James Lowry White (1842-1914), son of \n          William Young Conn White , married \n          Catherine Markham Robertson , daughter of\n         Governor \n          Wyndham Robertson (1803-1883), who resided\n         at the \" \n          Meadows , \" near \n          Abingdon, Virginia .","The papers of \n          Powhatan Robertson , a brother of \n          Wyndham Robertson , include: reports on\n         his college work (1815-1816) and essays written by him at \n          William and Mary (undated); three small\n         travel diaries describing his European Tour through \n          France , \n          Italy , and \n          Switzerland (October 12-November 25, 1818,\n         November 26-December 22, 1818, and January 3-May 2, 1819); and\n         letters describing the government and people of \n          Switzerland and predicting that the growth\n         of Russian power and influence would continue into the next\n         century (June 9, 1819), and a speech by \n          John Randolph during the Missouri\n         Compromise debate (February 22, 1820).","The correspondence of the \n          Robertson family contains several Civil War\n         letters of interest: \n          Frank Robertson 's description of Major \n          John Pelham (1838-1863) who fell at \n          Kelly's Ford (March 19, 1863); bands of\n         men pillaging the country (April 1865); and reconstruction\n         politics and settlement (June 6, 1865).","The letters to \n          Kate (Robertson) White contain several\n         Civil War letters from her brother Frank, who served as a\n         captain under \n          J. E. B. Stuart , about his life as an\n         officer and skirmishes ( [ca. 1860 ?]; August 25, 1861; May 7,\n         July 26, and August 3, 1862; April 5 \u0026 18, 1863; and an\n         attempt by Federal forces to capture the saltworks at \n          Abingdon (October 17, [1864]). There are\n         also many letters from \n          Wyndham Robertson and \n          Mary Frances Trigg Robertson to their\n         children, especially Kate."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Talbot, Jones \u0026 Company","Preston Salines","Holston Salt \u0026 Plaster Company","King Saltworks","Limestone","Bellefonte","Longwood","Holston Salt and Plaster Company","Austinville Lead Mining Company","Union Lead Mines Company","Wythe Lead and Zinc Mine Company","Meadows","William and Mary","White and Buchanan","Southwest Virginia, Norfolk \u0026 Western\n                  Railroad Company","Abingdon Development\n                  Company","O.W. Gray \u0026 Son","White family","White","Robertson","Campell family","Robertson family","Campbell Family","Robertson Family","James White","Eliza Wilson","Jane C. (White) Humes","James Lowry White","Eleanor White","Ann Eliza (White) Hannum","William Young Conn White","Thomas W. White","Newton K. White","Addison White","Milton White","William King","Mary Trigg","Mary Trigg King","Francis Smith","Mary Trigg Smith","Wyndham Robertson","William Robertson","Mary Robertson","William Willis Blackford","Frank Smith Robertson","Stella Wheeler","Catherine Robertson","James L. White","Pocahontas Robertson","Connally F. Trigg","Wyndham Robertson, Jr.","Flora Henderson","William Lynn","Francis Preston","James King","William Trigg","John Sanders","John Hardies","Thomas Wilson White","Thomas White","Eliza White","Eleanor W. White","James Pleasants","James Wood","John Tyler, Sr.","Peter Johnson","Alexander Preston","Catherine Markham Robertson","Powhatan Robertson","John Randolph","Frank Robertson","John Pelham","Kate (Robertson) White","J. E. B. Stuart","Mary Frances Trigg Robertson","John R. Humes","William Young Conn\n                  White","Wyndham R. White","White Family","Catherine (Robertson)\n                  White"],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Talbot, Jones \u0026 Company","Preston Salines","Holston Salt \u0026 Plaster Company","King Saltworks","Limestone","Bellefonte","Longwood","Holston Salt and Plaster Company","Austinville Lead Mining Company","Union Lead Mines Company","Wythe Lead and Zinc Mine Company","Meadows","William and Mary","White and Buchanan","Southwest Virginia, Norfolk \u0026 Western\n                  Railroad Company","Abingdon Development\n                  Company","O.W. Gray \u0026 Son"],"famname_ssim":["White family","White","Robertson","Campell family","Robertson family","Campbell Family","Robertson Family"],"persname_ssim":["James White","Eliza Wilson","Jane C. (White) Humes","James Lowry White","Eleanor White","Ann Eliza (White) Hannum","William Young Conn White","Thomas W. White","Newton K. White","Addison White","Milton White","William King","Mary Trigg","Mary Trigg King","Francis Smith","Mary Trigg Smith","Wyndham Robertson","William Robertson","Mary Robertson","William Willis Blackford","Frank Smith Robertson","Stella Wheeler","Catherine Robertson","James L. White","Pocahontas Robertson","Connally F. Trigg","Wyndham Robertson, Jr.","Flora Henderson","William Lynn","Francis Preston","James King","William Trigg","John Sanders","John Hardies","Thomas Wilson White","Thomas White","Eliza White","Eleanor W. White","James Pleasants","James Wood","John Tyler, Sr.","Peter Johnson","Alexander Preston","Catherine Markham Robertson","Powhatan Robertson","John Randolph","Frank Robertson","John Pelham","Kate (Robertson) White","J. E. B. Stuart","Mary Frances Trigg Robertson","John R. Humes","William Young Conn\n                  White","Wyndham R. White","White Family","Catherine (Robertson)\n                  White"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":32,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-01T02:39:23.508Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu00730","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00730","_root_":"viu_viu00730","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00730","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00730.xml","title_ssm":["White Family Papers \n          1794-1921"],"title_tesim":["White Family Papers \n          1794-1921"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["9372, -b, -c"],"text":["9372, -b, -c","White Family Papers \n          1794-1921","ca. 1190 items","The White family papers are arranged in seven series: 1)\n         business papers of Colonel James White; 2) papers regarding\n         the settlement of the James White estate; 3) correspondence of\n         the White family; 4) legal, business \u0026 miscellaneous\n         papers of the White \u0026 related families; 5) papers of the\n         Campbell family; 6) papers of the Robertson family; 7)\n         oversize items.","This arrangement has retained as much of the organization\n         imposed by a former departmental field archivist as\n         possible.","Colonel \n          James White (1770-1838) married \n          Eliza Wilson in 1798 and they had the\n         following known children: 1) \n          Jane C. (White) Humes ; 2) \n          James Lowry White (d. ca. 1838); 3) \n          Eleanor White (d. 1852); 4) \n          Ann Eliza (White) Hannum ; 5) \n          William Young Conn White (1812-1882); 6) \n          Thomas W. White (1817-?); 7) \n          Newton K. White ; 8) \n          Addison White ; 9) \n          Milton White .","William King (1769-1808), owner of the\n         saltworks at \n          Saltville, Virginia , married \n          Mary Trigg in 1799. After his death in\n         1808, \n          Mary Trigg King married \n          Francis Smith and they produced at least\n         one daughter, \n          Mary Trigg Smith . \n          Wyndham Robertson (1803-1888) married \n          Mary Trigg Smith and had the following\n         known children: 1) \n          William Robertson (d. post 1859); 2) \n          Mary Robertson (1831-1867) m. 1856 \n          William Willis Blackford (1831-1905); 3) \n          Frank Smith Robertson (1841?-1926) m. [ca.\n         1868] \n          Stella Wheeler ; 4) \n          Catherine Robertson m. 1867 \n          James L. White (1842-1914); 5) \n          Pocahontas Robertson m. \n          Connally F. Trigg (1847-?); 6) \n          Wyndham Robertson, Jr. m. \n          Flora Henderson .","The \n          White family papers contain 1,190 items (4\n         Hollinger boxes, ca. 1.5 linear feet), 1794-1921, chiefly the\n         correspondence, business and legal papers of the \n          White and \n          Robertson families of \n          Abingdon, Virginia . These closely related\n         families were two of the leading participants in the business\n         and political life of Southwest \n          Virginia during the nineteenth century.\n         The business papers of Col. \n          James White (1770-1838), other papers\n         concerning the settlement of his estate, and the business and\n         correspondence of the \n          White family , chiefly of \n          William Young Conn White (1812-1882), all\n         contain material relating to the development of business and\n         industry in Southwest \n          Virginia and its economic ties to \n          Tennessee and \n          Alabama before and after the Civil\n         War.","The first two series of the \n          White family papers contain Col. \n          James White 's own business papers,\n         1807-1838, and papers relating to the settlement of his vast\n         estate, 1838-1878. Col. White was involved in a number of\n         mercantile interests (up to some forty-five at one time) in\n         addition to the saltworks at \n          Saltville, Washington County . This\n         included business interests in the states of \n          Virginia , \n          Tennessee , \n          Alabama , and \n          Georgia , and investments in lead mines in\n          Wythe County , iron furnaces, cotton\n         plantations, and slaves. His property was worth at least\n         $750,000 at the time of his death. Unfortunately, Col. White's\n         business papers do not furnish a complete picture of any of\n         these interests.","Col. White moved to \n          Abingdon, Virginia about 1795. Prior to\n         his arrival there, White had worked for \n          Talbot, Jones \u0026 Company , a \n          Baltimore merchandising house, who\n         supplied him with enough goods to set up his own business. He\n         married Miss \n          Eliza Wilson in 1798 and began expanding\n         his business by becoming a partner of such men as Mr.\n         Henderson in \n          Abingdon and \n          William Lynn in \n          Alabama .","One of his most important business enterprises was the\n         leasing of the saltworks at \n          Saltville, Virginia , from the executors\n         of the \n          William King estate. Because the chain of\n         ownership and control of the saltworks is somewhat confusing,\n         the following short history of ownership will clarify White's\n         own involvement in the property.","General \n          Francis Preston and his family had owned\n         the salt lick when \n          William King (1769-1808) purchased the\n         land west of their claim in 1795. By 1799, King had erected\n         furnaces and began the manufacture of salt. He also rented the\n          Preston Salines until his death in 1808.\n         According to his will, the salt works were carried on by his\n         brother, \n          James King , \n          William Trigg , and \n          William King 's wife, \n          Mary Trigg King , and their executors\n         until 1819, when it was leased to \n          John Sanders . Sanders sold his lease\n         rights to \n          James White who leased the operations\n         until 1833. Other individuals leased this property until the\n         formation of the \n          Holston Salt \u0026 Plaster Company in\n         1864. The \n          King Saltworks produced from 90,000 to\n         100,000 bushels of salt per year. During the Civil War, it was\n         the largest supplier of salt to the Confederacy.","The business papers of Col. White contain several items\n         related to his salt interests including: papers concerning the\n         estate of \n          William King and the saltworks (October\n         27, 1820; May 14, 1821; April 3, June 7, \u0026 October 4,\n         1823; and September 1834); extracts from \n          John Hardies ' disposition concerning salt\n         prices, 1824-1829 (April 7, 1829); and other legal papers\n         regarding the saltworks (May 26, 1830; September 8, 1831;\n         April 1833; November 7, 1834; March 12 \u0026 September 27,\n         1836; May 26, 1837; and August 15, 1838); a valuation of\n         buildings at \n          Saltville (undated) and a memorandum\n         regarding the account books at \n          Saltville (undated).","His business papers also include the balances on the \n          Saltville books (1820-1835). Papers\n         concerning cotton shipments (1837-1838) and his other\n         mercantile interests (August 25, 1821 and April 16, 1835) are\n         present but do not adequately represent the extent of his\n         involvement.","The settlement of the estate of Col. \n          James White was not completed until 1878\n         and the records in the second series show the extent of\n         White's assets at his death, especially the slave and land\n         inventories (ca. 1838), a notebook regarding the estate of \n          James White , 1843-1863, and a commonplace\n         book record of the division of his property (ca. 1851).","An inventory entitled \"Inventory and appraisement of the\n         personal property belonging to the estate of Col. James White\n         deceased\" is an especially useful summation of Col. White's\n         economic status at the time of his death. It contains entries\n         for: merchandise (pp. 1-18); small notes (pp. 19-37); salt due\n         bills (p. 38); appraisements of property in \n          Clay County, Kentucky , and the \n          Limestone and \n          Bellefonte Plantations in \n          Alabama (pp. 39-44); sales of personal\n         property (pp. 45-46); dividends, cash received and notes (p.\n         47); various agreements (pp. 60-121); and settlement of the\n         estate (pp. 126-129). The volume also has notes regarding the\n         periodic examination of the accounts by the commissioner which\n         were recorded by the court, 1839-1871.","The correspondence of the \n          White family includes many letters\n         concerning business matters; of special note are the letters\n         of \n          Thomas Wilson White (1817-? ) to his\n         brother \n          William Young Conn White (1812-1882), both\n         sons of Col. \n          James White . \n          Thomas White was the manager of the\n         family's plantation \" \n          Bellefonte , \" near \n          Huntsville, Alabama , and his letters give\n         a detailed account of its affairs (Feb., Nov., and Dec. 1843;\n         Jan. 1844; Sep., Nov., and Dec. 1845; Feb., Apr., and Dec.\n         1846; Jun. 1847; Jul. 1848; Mar. and May 1849; Mar. and Jul.\n         1851; Feb.-Apr. 1852; Apr. 1854; Oct. 1857; Jan., Apr., \u0026\n         Jun. 1858; Jul., \u0026 Sep.-Oct. 1859; Nov. 1862; Jul. 1874;\n         Mar., Apr., and Dec. 1876; Feb. and Jun. 1877; and Mar.\n         1878).","Other topics of interest in the \n          White family correspondence include: slavery\n         (January 1, 1840; August 26, 1841; April 25 \u0026 November 29,\n         1846; January 23, 1858 and July 16, 1859); the salt\n         merchandising business (November 28, 1842), banking and\n         financial difficulties (February 9, 1843; June 1, 1847; and\n         October 13, \u0026 16, 1857); and cotton prices (January 21,\n         1844; November 23, 1845; February 28, 1846; and April 29,\n         1854).","The fourth group of papers include the legal,\n         miscellaneous, and business papers of the \n          White family . Of note in the legal papers\n         are the following: an inventory and appraisement of the\n         estates of \n          Eliza White and \n          Eleanor W. White (1851-1880); an indenture\n         regarding the saltworks between \n          James White and \n          William King (August 4, 1823); and land\n         grants signed by various governors of \n          Virginia , including \n          James Pleasants , \n          James Wood , and \n          John Tyler, Sr.","Miscellaneous papers include a copy of a talk concerning\n         Judge \n          Peter Johnson (1763-1831) who grew up at \"\n          Longwood \" near \n          Farmville, Virginia (undated) and a copy\n         of The Daily Express of \n          Petersburg, Virginia (April 18, 1864).","The business papers of the \n          White family show their widespread business\n         interests, especially those of the \n          Saltville saltworks and their lead mines\n         in \n          Wythe County, Virginia . The account of\n         Dr. \n          Alexander Preston with \n          Eliza White (December 1839), containing\n         fees for medicines and doctor visits, sheds light on the types\n         of treatment occurring on a large plantation with many slaves.\n         A list of articles bought at a sale (August 22- 26, 1842)\n         includes livestock and slave prices.","Several of these papers deal with the \n          White family 's continued interest in the \n          King Saltworks , which later became the \n          Holston Salt and Plaster Company (Dec.,\n         1855; Sep., 1862; Jan., 1866; Apr., 1872; Sep., 1874; Jun.,\n         and Oct., 1875; Feb., and May 1876; and Apr., 1877). There is\n         also other material concerning the \n          Holston Salt and Plaster Company in the\n         years, 1872-1881.","A large amount of material in the business papers concerns\n         the lead mines in \n          Wythe County under the company names of \n          Austinville Lead Mining Company , \n          Union Lead Mines Company , and \n          Wythe Lead and Zinc Mine Company (Feb. and\n         May 1856; Nov. 1857; Nov. 1864; Nov. 1865; Jul. and Dec. 1866;\n         Mar., May, Jul.-Dec. 1874; Jan. 1875; Dec. 1876; and Jan.-Apr.\n         1877). The bulk of the material on the lead mines is located\n         within the years 1874-1880.","The collection also contains a small group of papers\n         concerning the \n          Campell family , 1853-1882. One letter,\n         August 23, 1862, describes some of the economic difficulties\n         resulting from the Civil War.","The next series consists of the \n          Robertson family papers. \n          James Lowry White (1842-1914), son of \n          William Young Conn White , married \n          Catherine Markham Robertson , daughter of\n         Governor \n          Wyndham Robertson (1803-1883), who resided\n         at the \" \n          Meadows , \" near \n          Abingdon, Virginia .","The papers of \n          Powhatan Robertson , a brother of \n          Wyndham Robertson , include: reports on\n         his college work (1815-1816) and essays written by him at \n          William and Mary (undated); three small\n         travel diaries describing his European Tour through \n          France , \n          Italy , and \n          Switzerland (October 12-November 25, 1818,\n         November 26-December 22, 1818, and January 3-May 2, 1819); and\n         letters describing the government and people of \n          Switzerland and predicting that the growth\n         of Russian power and influence would continue into the next\n         century (June 9, 1819), and a speech by \n          John Randolph during the Missouri\n         Compromise debate (February 22, 1820).","The correspondence of the \n          Robertson family contains several Civil War\n         letters of interest: \n          Frank Robertson 's description of Major \n          John Pelham (1838-1863) who fell at \n          Kelly's Ford (March 19, 1863); bands of\n         men pillaging the country (April 1865); and reconstruction\n         politics and settlement (June 6, 1865).","The letters to \n          Kate (Robertson) White contain several\n         Civil War letters from her brother Frank, who served as a\n         captain under \n          J. E. B. Stuart , about his life as an\n         officer and skirmishes ( [ca. 1860 ?]; August 25, 1861; May 7,\n         July 26, and August 3, 1862; April 5 \u0026 18, 1863; and an\n         attempt by Federal forces to capture the saltworks at \n          Abingdon (October 17, [1864]). There are\n         also many letters from \n          Wyndham Robertson and \n          Mary Frances Trigg Robertson to their\n         children, especially Kate.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Talbot, Jones \u0026 Company","Preston Salines","Holston Salt \u0026 Plaster Company","King Saltworks","Limestone","Bellefonte","Longwood","Holston Salt and Plaster Company","Austinville Lead Mining Company","Union Lead Mines Company","Wythe Lead and Zinc Mine Company","Meadows","William and Mary","White and Buchanan","Southwest Virginia, Norfolk \u0026 Western\n                  Railroad Company","Abingdon Development\n                  Company","O.W. Gray \u0026 Son","White family","White","Robertson","Campell family","Robertson family","Campbell Family","Robertson Family","James White","Eliza Wilson","Jane C. (White) Humes","James Lowry White","Eleanor White","Ann Eliza (White) Hannum","William Young Conn White","Thomas W. White","Newton K. White","Addison White","Milton White","William King","Mary Trigg","Mary Trigg King","Francis Smith","Mary Trigg Smith","Wyndham Robertson","William Robertson","Mary Robertson","William Willis Blackford","Frank Smith Robertson","Stella Wheeler","Catherine Robertson","James L. White","Pocahontas Robertson","Connally F. Trigg","Wyndham Robertson, Jr.","Flora Henderson","William Lynn","Francis Preston","James King","William Trigg","John Sanders","John Hardies","Thomas Wilson White","Thomas White","Eliza White","Eleanor W. White","James Pleasants","James Wood","John Tyler, Sr.","Peter Johnson","Alexander Preston","Catherine Markham Robertson","Powhatan Robertson","John Randolph","Frank Robertson","John Pelham","Kate (Robertson) White","J. E. B. Stuart","Mary Frances Trigg Robertson","John R. Humes","William Young Conn\n                  White","Wyndham R. 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(White) Humes\u003c/persname\u003e; 2) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Lowry White\u003c/persname\u003e(d. ca. 1838); 3) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor White\u003c/persname\u003e(d. 1852); 4) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnn Eliza (White) Hannum\u003c/persname\u003e; 5) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Young Conn White\u003c/persname\u003e(1812-1882); 6) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas W. White\u003c/persname\u003e(1817-?); 7) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNewton K. White\u003c/persname\u003e; 8) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAddison White\u003c/persname\u003e; 9) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMilton White\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eWilliam King\u003c/persname\u003e(1769-1808), owner of the\n         saltworks at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSaltville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, married \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Trigg\u003c/persname\u003ein 1799. After his death in\n         1808, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Trigg King\u003c/persname\u003emarried \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand they produced at least\n         one daughter, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Trigg Smith\u003c/persname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWyndham Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e(1803-1888) married \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Trigg Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand had the following\n         known children: 1) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e(d. post 1859); 2) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e(1831-1867) m. 1856 \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Willis Blackford\u003c/persname\u003e(1831-1905); 3) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Smith Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e(1841?-1926) m. [ca.\n         1868] \n         \u003cpersname\u003eStella Wheeler\u003c/persname\u003e; 4) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCatherine Robertson\u003c/persname\u003em. 1867 \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames L. White\u003c/persname\u003e(1842-1914); 5) \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePocahontas Robertson\u003c/persname\u003em. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eConnally F. Trigg\u003c/persname\u003e(1847-?); 6) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWyndham Robertson, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003em. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFlora Henderson\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Genealogical Information re the White \u0026 Robertson\n         families"],"bioghist_tesim":["Colonel \n          James White (1770-1838) married \n          Eliza Wilson in 1798 and they had the\n         following known children: 1) \n          Jane C. (White) Humes ; 2) \n          James Lowry White (d. ca. 1838); 3) \n          Eleanor White (d. 1852); 4) \n          Ann Eliza (White) Hannum ; 5) \n          William Young Conn White (1812-1882); 6) \n          Thomas W. White (1817-?); 7) \n          Newton K. White ; 8) \n          Addison White ; 9) \n          Milton White .","William King (1769-1808), owner of the\n         saltworks at \n          Saltville, Virginia , married \n          Mary Trigg in 1799. After his death in\n         1808, \n          Mary Trigg King married \n          Francis Smith and they produced at least\n         one daughter, \n          Mary Trigg Smith . \n          Wyndham Robertson (1803-1888) married \n          Mary Trigg Smith and had the following\n         known children: 1) \n          William Robertson (d. post 1859); 2) \n          Mary Robertson (1831-1867) m. 1856 \n          William Willis Blackford (1831-1905); 3) \n          Frank Smith Robertson (1841?-1926) m. [ca.\n         1868] \n          Stella Wheeler ; 4) \n          Catherine Robertson m. 1867 \n          James L. White (1842-1914); 5) \n          Pocahontas Robertson m. \n          Connally F. Trigg (1847-?); 6) \n          Wyndham Robertson, Jr. m. \n          Flora Henderson ."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWhite family\u003c/famname\u003epapers contain 1,190 items (4\n         Hollinger boxes, ca. 1.5 linear feet), 1794-1921, chiefly the\n         correspondence, business and legal papers of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWhite\u003c/famname\u003eand \n         \u003cfamname\u003eRobertson\u003c/famname\u003efamilies of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. These closely related\n         families were two of the leading participants in the business\n         and political life of Southwest \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eduring the nineteenth century.\n         The business papers of Col. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames White\u003c/persname\u003e(1770-1838), other papers\n         concerning the settlement of his estate, and the business and\n         correspondence of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWhite family\u003c/famname\u003e, chiefly of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Young Conn White\u003c/persname\u003e(1812-1882), all\n         contain material relating to the development of business and\n         industry in Southwest \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eand its economic ties to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTennessee\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlabama\u003c/geogname\u003ebefore and after the Civil\n         War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe first two series of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWhite family\u003c/famname\u003epapers contain Col. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames White\u003c/persname\u003e's own business papers,\n         1807-1838, and papers relating to the settlement of his vast\n         estate, 1838-1878. Col. White was involved in a number of\n         mercantile interests (up to some forty-five at one time) in\n         addition to the saltworks at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSaltville, Washington County\u003c/geogname\u003e. This\n         included business interests in the states of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTennessee\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlabama\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGeorgia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and investments in lead mines in\n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWythe County\u003c/geogname\u003e, iron furnaces, cotton\n         plantations, and slaves. His property was worth at least\n         $750,000 at the time of his death. Unfortunately, Col. White's\n         business papers do not furnish a complete picture of any of\n         these interests.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCol. White moved to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003eabout 1795. Prior to\n         his arrival there, White had worked for \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eTalbot, Jones \u0026amp; Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, a \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBaltimore\u003c/geogname\u003emerchandising house, who\n         supplied him with enough goods to set up his own business. He\n         married Miss \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEliza Wilson\u003c/persname\u003ein 1798 and began expanding\n         his business by becoming a partner of such men as Mr.\n         Henderson in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Lynn\u003c/persname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlabama\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne of his most important business enterprises was the\n         leasing of the saltworks at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSaltville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, from the executors\n         of the \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam King\u003c/persname\u003eestate. Because the chain of\n         ownership and control of the saltworks is somewhat confusing,\n         the following short history of ownership will clarify White's\n         own involvement in the property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Preston\u003c/persname\u003eand his family had owned\n         the salt lick when \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam King\u003c/persname\u003e(1769-1808) purchased the\n         land west of their claim in 1795. By 1799, King had erected\n         furnaces and began the manufacture of salt. He also rented the\n         \u003ccorpname\u003ePreston Salines\u003c/corpname\u003euntil his death in 1808.\n         According to his will, the salt works were carried on by his\n         brother, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames King\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Trigg\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam King\u003c/persname\u003e's wife, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Trigg King\u003c/persname\u003e, and their executors\n         until 1819, when it was leased to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e. Sanders sold his lease\n         rights to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames White\u003c/persname\u003ewho leased the operations\n         until 1833. Other individuals leased this property until the\n         formation of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHolston Salt \u0026amp; Plaster Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein\n         1864. The \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eKing Saltworks\u003c/corpname\u003eproduced from 90,000 to\n         100,000 bushels of salt per year. During the Civil War, it was\n         the largest supplier of salt to the Confederacy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe business papers of Col. White contain several items\n         related to his salt interests including: papers concerning the\n         estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam King\u003c/persname\u003eand the saltworks (October\n         27, 1820; May 14, 1821; April 3, June 7, \u0026amp; October 4,\n         1823; and September 1834); extracts from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Hardies\u003c/persname\u003e' disposition concerning salt\n         prices, 1824-1829 (April 7, 1829); and other legal papers\n         regarding the saltworks (May 26, 1830; September 8, 1831;\n         April 1833; November 7, 1834; March 12 \u0026amp; September 27,\n         1836; May 26, 1837; and August 15, 1838); a valuation of\n         buildings at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSaltville\u003c/geogname\u003e(undated) and a memorandum\n         regarding the account books at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSaltville\u003c/geogname\u003e(undated).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis business papers also include the balances on the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSaltville\u003c/geogname\u003ebooks (1820-1835). Papers\n         concerning cotton shipments (1837-1838) and his other\n         mercantile interests (August 25, 1821 and April 16, 1835) are\n         present but do not adequately represent the extent of his\n         involvement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe settlement of the estate of Col. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames White\u003c/persname\u003ewas not completed until 1878\n         and the records in the second series show the extent of\n         White's assets at his death, especially the slave and land\n         inventories (ca. 1838), a notebook regarding the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames White\u003c/persname\u003e, 1843-1863, and a commonplace\n         book record of the division of his property (ca. 1851).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn inventory entitled \"Inventory and appraisement of the\n         personal property belonging to the estate of Col. James White\n         deceased\" is an especially useful summation of Col. White's\n         economic status at the time of his death. It contains entries\n         for: merchandise (pp. 1-18); small notes (pp. 19-37); salt due\n         bills (p. 38); appraisements of property in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eClay County, Kentucky\u003c/geogname\u003e, and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eLimestone\u003c/corpname\u003eand \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBellefonte\u003c/corpname\u003ePlantations in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlabama\u003c/geogname\u003e(pp. 39-44); sales of personal\n         property (pp. 45-46); dividends, cash received and notes (p.\n         47); various agreements (pp. 60-121); and settlement of the\n         estate (pp. 126-129). The volume also has notes regarding the\n         periodic examination of the accounts by the commissioner which\n         were recorded by the court, 1839-1871.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWhite family\u003c/famname\u003eincludes many letters\n         concerning business matters; of special note are the letters\n         of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Wilson White\u003c/persname\u003e(1817-? ) to his\n         brother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Young Conn White\u003c/persname\u003e(1812-1882), both\n         sons of Col. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames White\u003c/persname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas White\u003c/persname\u003ewas the manager of the\n         family's plantation \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBellefonte\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" near \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHuntsville, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e, and his letters give\n         a detailed account of its affairs (Feb., Nov., and Dec. 1843;\n         Jan. 1844; Sep., Nov., and Dec. 1845; Feb., Apr., and Dec.\n         1846; Jun. 1847; Jul. 1848; Mar. and May 1849; Mar. and Jul.\n         1851; Feb.-Apr. 1852; Apr. 1854; Oct. 1857; Jan., Apr., \u0026amp;\n         Jun. 1858; Jul., \u0026amp; Sep.-Oct. 1859; Nov. 1862; Jul. 1874;\n         Mar., Apr., and Dec. 1876; Feb. and Jun. 1877; and Mar.\n         1878).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther topics of interest in the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWhite family\u003c/famname\u003ecorrespondence include: slavery\n         (January 1, 1840; August 26, 1841; April 25 \u0026amp; November 29,\n         1846; January 23, 1858 and July 16, 1859); the salt\n         merchandising business (November 28, 1842), banking and\n         financial difficulties (February 9, 1843; June 1, 1847; and\n         October 13, \u0026amp; 16, 1857); and cotton prices (January 21,\n         1844; November 23, 1845; February 28, 1846; and April 29,\n         1854).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe fourth group of papers include the legal,\n         miscellaneous, and business papers of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWhite family\u003c/famname\u003e. Of note in the legal papers\n         are the following: an inventory and appraisement of the\n         estates of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEliza White\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor W. White\u003c/persname\u003e(1851-1880); an indenture\n         regarding the saltworks between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames White\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam King\u003c/persname\u003e(August 4, 1823); and land\n         grants signed by various governors of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Pleasants\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Wood\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tyler, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous papers include a copy of a talk concerning\n         Judge \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e(1763-1831) who grew up at \"\n         \u003ccorpname\u003eLongwood\u003c/corpname\u003e\" near \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFarmville, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(undated) and a copy\n         of The Daily Express of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 18, 1864).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe business papers of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWhite family\u003c/famname\u003eshow their widespread business\n         interests, especially those of the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSaltville\u003c/geogname\u003esaltworks and their lead mines\n         in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWythe County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. The account of\n         Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander Preston\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEliza White\u003c/persname\u003e(December 1839), containing\n         fees for medicines and doctor visits, sheds light on the types\n         of treatment occurring on a large plantation with many slaves.\n         A list of articles bought at a sale (August 22- 26, 1842)\n         includes livestock and slave prices.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral of these papers deal with the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWhite family\u003c/famname\u003e's continued interest in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eKing Saltworks\u003c/corpname\u003e, which later became the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHolston Salt and Plaster Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(Dec.,\n         1855; Sep., 1862; Jan., 1866; Apr., 1872; Sep., 1874; Jun.,\n         and Oct., 1875; Feb., and May 1876; and Apr., 1877). There is\n         also other material concerning the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHolston Salt and Plaster Company\u003c/corpname\u003ein the\n         years, 1872-1881.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA large amount of material in the business papers concerns\n         the lead mines in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWythe County\u003c/geogname\u003eunder the company names of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAustinville Lead Mining Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUnion Lead Mines Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, and \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWythe Lead and Zinc Mine Company\u003c/corpname\u003e(Feb. and\n         May 1856; Nov. 1857; Nov. 1864; Nov. 1865; Jul. and Dec. 1866;\n         Mar., May, Jul.-Dec. 1874; Jan. 1875; Dec. 1876; and Jan.-Apr.\n         1877). The bulk of the material on the lead mines is located\n         within the years 1874-1880.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection also contains a small group of papers\n         concerning the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCampell family\u003c/famname\u003e, 1853-1882. One letter,\n         August 23, 1862, describes some of the economic difficulties\n         resulting from the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe next series consists of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eRobertson family\u003c/famname\u003epapers. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Lowry White\u003c/persname\u003e(1842-1914), son of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Young Conn White\u003c/persname\u003e, married \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCatherine Markham Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e, daughter of\n         Governor \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWyndham Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e(1803-1883), who resided\n         at the \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eMeadows\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" near \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePowhatan Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e, a brother of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWyndham Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e, include: reports on\n         his college work (1815-1816) and essays written by him at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWilliam and Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e(undated); three small\n         travel diaries describing his European Tour through \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSwitzerland\u003c/geogname\u003e(October 12-November 25, 1818,\n         November 26-December 22, 1818, and January 3-May 2, 1819); and\n         letters describing the government and people of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSwitzerland\u003c/geogname\u003eand predicting that the growth\n         of Russian power and influence would continue into the next\n         century (June 9, 1819), and a speech by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Randolph\u003c/persname\u003eduring the Missouri\n         Compromise debate (February 22, 1820).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eRobertson family\u003c/famname\u003econtains several Civil War\n         letters of interest: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Robertson\u003c/persname\u003e's description of Major \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Pelham\u003c/persname\u003e(1838-1863) who fell at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKelly's Ford\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 19, 1863); bands of\n         men pillaging the country (April 1865); and reconstruction\n         politics and settlement (June 6, 1865).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eKate (Robertson) White\u003c/persname\u003econtain several\n         Civil War letters from her brother Frank, who served as a\n         captain under \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJ. E. B. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003e, about his life as an\n         officer and skirmishes ( [ca. 1860 ?]; August 25, 1861; May 7,\n         July 26, and August 3, 1862; April 5 \u0026amp; 18, 1863; and an\n         attempt by Federal forces to capture the saltworks at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon\u003c/geogname\u003e(October 17, [1864]). There are\n         also many letters from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWyndham Robertson\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Frances Trigg Robertson\u003c/persname\u003eto their\n         children, especially Kate.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The \n          White family papers contain 1,190 items (4\n         Hollinger boxes, ca. 1.5 linear feet), 1794-1921, chiefly the\n         correspondence, business and legal papers of the \n          White and \n          Robertson families of \n          Abingdon, Virginia . These closely related\n         families were two of the leading participants in the business\n         and political life of Southwest \n          Virginia during the nineteenth century.\n         The business papers of Col. \n          James White (1770-1838), other papers\n         concerning the settlement of his estate, and the business and\n         correspondence of the \n          White family , chiefly of \n          William Young Conn White (1812-1882), all\n         contain material relating to the development of business and\n         industry in Southwest \n          Virginia and its economic ties to \n          Tennessee and \n          Alabama before and after the Civil\n         War.","The first two series of the \n          White family papers contain Col. \n          James White 's own business papers,\n         1807-1838, and papers relating to the settlement of his vast\n         estate, 1838-1878. Col. White was involved in a number of\n         mercantile interests (up to some forty-five at one time) in\n         addition to the saltworks at \n          Saltville, Washington County . This\n         included business interests in the states of \n          Virginia , \n          Tennessee , \n          Alabama , and \n          Georgia , and investments in lead mines in\n          Wythe County , iron furnaces, cotton\n         plantations, and slaves. His property was worth at least\n         $750,000 at the time of his death. Unfortunately, Col. White's\n         business papers do not furnish a complete picture of any of\n         these interests.","Col. White moved to \n          Abingdon, Virginia about 1795. Prior to\n         his arrival there, White had worked for \n          Talbot, Jones \u0026 Company , a \n          Baltimore merchandising house, who\n         supplied him with enough goods to set up his own business. He\n         married Miss \n          Eliza Wilson in 1798 and began expanding\n         his business by becoming a partner of such men as Mr.\n         Henderson in \n          Abingdon and \n          William Lynn in \n          Alabama .","One of his most important business enterprises was the\n         leasing of the saltworks at \n          Saltville, Virginia , from the executors\n         of the \n          William King estate. Because the chain of\n         ownership and control of the saltworks is somewhat confusing,\n         the following short history of ownership will clarify White's\n         own involvement in the property.","General \n          Francis Preston and his family had owned\n         the salt lick when \n          William King (1769-1808) purchased the\n         land west of their claim in 1795. By 1799, King had erected\n         furnaces and began the manufacture of salt. He also rented the\n          Preston Salines until his death in 1808.\n         According to his will, the salt works were carried on by his\n         brother, \n          James King , \n          William Trigg , and \n          William King 's wife, \n          Mary Trigg King , and their executors\n         until 1819, when it was leased to \n          John Sanders . Sanders sold his lease\n         rights to \n          James White who leased the operations\n         until 1833. Other individuals leased this property until the\n         formation of the \n          Holston Salt \u0026 Plaster Company in\n         1864. The \n          King Saltworks produced from 90,000 to\n         100,000 bushels of salt per year. During the Civil War, it was\n         the largest supplier of salt to the Confederacy.","The business papers of Col. White contain several items\n         related to his salt interests including: papers concerning the\n         estate of \n          William King and the saltworks (October\n         27, 1820; May 14, 1821; April 3, June 7, \u0026 October 4,\n         1823; and September 1834); extracts from \n          John Hardies ' disposition concerning salt\n         prices, 1824-1829 (April 7, 1829); and other legal papers\n         regarding the saltworks (May 26, 1830; September 8, 1831;\n         April 1833; November 7, 1834; March 12 \u0026 September 27,\n         1836; May 26, 1837; and August 15, 1838); a valuation of\n         buildings at \n          Saltville (undated) and a memorandum\n         regarding the account books at \n          Saltville (undated).","His business papers also include the balances on the \n          Saltville books (1820-1835). Papers\n         concerning cotton shipments (1837-1838) and his other\n         mercantile interests (August 25, 1821 and April 16, 1835) are\n         present but do not adequately represent the extent of his\n         involvement.","The settlement of the estate of Col. \n          James White was not completed until 1878\n         and the records in the second series show the extent of\n         White's assets at his death, especially the slave and land\n         inventories (ca. 1838), a notebook regarding the estate of \n          James White , 1843-1863, and a commonplace\n         book record of the division of his property (ca. 1851).","An inventory entitled \"Inventory and appraisement of the\n         personal property belonging to the estate of Col. James White\n         deceased\" is an especially useful summation of Col. White's\n         economic status at the time of his death. It contains entries\n         for: merchandise (pp. 1-18); small notes (pp. 19-37); salt due\n         bills (p. 38); appraisements of property in \n          Clay County, Kentucky , and the \n          Limestone and \n          Bellefonte Plantations in \n          Alabama (pp. 39-44); sales of personal\n         property (pp. 45-46); dividends, cash received and notes (p.\n         47); various agreements (pp. 60-121); and settlement of the\n         estate (pp. 126-129). The volume also has notes regarding the\n         periodic examination of the accounts by the commissioner which\n         were recorded by the court, 1839-1871.","The correspondence of the \n          White family includes many letters\n         concerning business matters; of special note are the letters\n         of \n          Thomas Wilson White (1817-? ) to his\n         brother \n          William Young Conn White (1812-1882), both\n         sons of Col. \n          James White . \n          Thomas White was the manager of the\n         family's plantation \" \n          Bellefonte , \" near \n          Huntsville, Alabama , and his letters give\n         a detailed account of its affairs (Feb., Nov., and Dec. 1843;\n         Jan. 1844; Sep., Nov., and Dec. 1845; Feb., Apr., and Dec.\n         1846; Jun. 1847; Jul. 1848; Mar. and May 1849; Mar. and Jul.\n         1851; Feb.-Apr. 1852; Apr. 1854; Oct. 1857; Jan., Apr., \u0026\n         Jun. 1858; Jul., \u0026 Sep.-Oct. 1859; Nov. 1862; Jul. 1874;\n         Mar., Apr., and Dec. 1876; Feb. and Jun. 1877; and Mar.\n         1878).","Other topics of interest in the \n          White family correspondence include: slavery\n         (January 1, 1840; August 26, 1841; April 25 \u0026 November 29,\n         1846; January 23, 1858 and July 16, 1859); the salt\n         merchandising business (November 28, 1842), banking and\n         financial difficulties (February 9, 1843; June 1, 1847; and\n         October 13, \u0026 16, 1857); and cotton prices (January 21,\n         1844; November 23, 1845; February 28, 1846; and April 29,\n         1854).","The fourth group of papers include the legal,\n         miscellaneous, and business papers of the \n          White family . Of note in the legal papers\n         are the following: an inventory and appraisement of the\n         estates of \n          Eliza White and \n          Eleanor W. White (1851-1880); an indenture\n         regarding the saltworks between \n          James White and \n          William King (August 4, 1823); and land\n         grants signed by various governors of \n          Virginia , including \n          James Pleasants , \n          James Wood , and \n          John Tyler, Sr.","Miscellaneous papers include a copy of a talk concerning\n         Judge \n          Peter Johnson (1763-1831) who grew up at \"\n          Longwood \" near \n          Farmville, Virginia (undated) and a copy\n         of The Daily Express of \n          Petersburg, Virginia (April 18, 1864).","The business papers of the \n          White family show their widespread business\n         interests, especially those of the \n          Saltville saltworks and their lead mines\n         in \n          Wythe County, Virginia . The account of\n         Dr. \n          Alexander Preston with \n          Eliza White (December 1839), containing\n         fees for medicines and doctor visits, sheds light on the types\n         of treatment occurring on a large plantation with many slaves.\n         A list of articles bought at a sale (August 22- 26, 1842)\n         includes livestock and slave prices.","Several of these papers deal with the \n          White family 's continued interest in the \n          King Saltworks , which later became the \n          Holston Salt and Plaster Company (Dec.,\n         1855; Sep., 1862; Jan., 1866; Apr., 1872; Sep., 1874; Jun.,\n         and Oct., 1875; Feb., and May 1876; and Apr., 1877). There is\n         also other material concerning the \n          Holston Salt and Plaster Company in the\n         years, 1872-1881.","A large amount of material in the business papers concerns\n         the lead mines in \n          Wythe County under the company names of \n          Austinville Lead Mining Company , \n          Union Lead Mines Company , and \n          Wythe Lead and Zinc Mine Company (Feb. and\n         May 1856; Nov. 1857; Nov. 1864; Nov. 1865; Jul. and Dec. 1866;\n         Mar., May, Jul.-Dec. 1874; Jan. 1875; Dec. 1876; and Jan.-Apr.\n         1877). The bulk of the material on the lead mines is located\n         within the years 1874-1880.","The collection also contains a small group of papers\n         concerning the \n          Campell family , 1853-1882. One letter,\n         August 23, 1862, describes some of the economic difficulties\n         resulting from the Civil War.","The next series consists of the \n          Robertson family papers. \n          James Lowry White (1842-1914), son of \n          William Young Conn White , married \n          Catherine Markham Robertson , daughter of\n         Governor \n          Wyndham Robertson (1803-1883), who resided\n         at the \" \n          Meadows , \" near \n          Abingdon, Virginia .","The papers of \n          Powhatan Robertson , a brother of \n          Wyndham Robertson , include: reports on\n         his college work (1815-1816) and essays written by him at \n          William and Mary (undated); three small\n         travel diaries describing his European Tour through \n          France , \n          Italy , and \n          Switzerland (October 12-November 25, 1818,\n         November 26-December 22, 1818, and January 3-May 2, 1819); and\n         letters describing the government and people of \n          Switzerland and predicting that the growth\n         of Russian power and influence would continue into the next\n         century (June 9, 1819), and a speech by \n          John Randolph during the Missouri\n         Compromise debate (February 22, 1820).","The correspondence of the \n          Robertson family contains several Civil War\n         letters of interest: \n          Frank Robertson 's description of Major \n          John Pelham (1838-1863) who fell at \n          Kelly's Ford (March 19, 1863); bands of\n         men pillaging the country (April 1865); and reconstruction\n         politics and settlement (June 6, 1865).","The letters to \n          Kate (Robertson) White contain several\n         Civil War letters from her brother Frank, who served as a\n         captain under \n          J. 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