Samuel H. Letcher manuscript

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Preston Library
Virginia Military Institute
345 Letcher Ave.
Lexington, VA 24450-0304
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jeffrey S. Kozak
Phone: (540) 464-7516
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Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may not be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.

Preferred citation:

Samuel H. Letcher manuscript, 1869. MS 0148. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
1 items
Creator:
Letcher, Samuel H. (Samuel Houston), 1848-1914 and Preston, John T. L. (John Thomas Lewis), 1811-1890
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Samuel H. Letcher manuscript, 1869. MS 0148. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of one manuscript of the VMI valedictory address of Cadet Samuel H. Letcher. The speech was delivered at VMI finals in July 1869. The manuscript contains annotations by John T. L. Preston.

Biographical / historical:

Samuel Houston Letcher was born in 1848 in Lexington, Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1869 and was a New Market cadet. He also was a lawyer and judge. Letcher died in 1914 in Lexington.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks
Physical facet:
holograph, 19 pages