Thomas Swann Correspondence (MS410)

Access and use

Location of collection:
Alexandria Library
Alexandria Library
Local History/Special Collections
717 Queen Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Patricia Walker, Branch Manager
Phone: (703) 746-1719
Phone: (703) 838-4577
Fax: (703) 706-3912
Preferred citation:

[Item identification], Thomas Swann Correspondence, MS410, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia

Summary

Extent:
.04 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Swann, Thomas William, 1818-1895 and Swann, Helen Mary (Chapman), 1817-1895
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Item identification], Thomas Swann Correspondence, MS410, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia

Background

Scope and content:

The Thomas Swann Correspondence is a small collection of letters mostly written by Helen Swann to her husband Thomas. A single letter from Thomas to Helen also lives with the collection, as well as a handful of letters by other authors. Helen's cousin Henrietta Alexander is included as an author of a letter, as well as a P. W. White, who writes to Helen's cousin John Chapman regarding a list of named slaves.

Acquisition information:
Gift of J. C. Phillip Spottswood, December 1, 2018
Arrangement:

The collection exists within a single folder inside an assorted collections box. The letters are arranged first by subject/author, then chronologically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Letters.