Harris W. Garrow letters, 1904/1916

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Preston Library
Virginia Military Institute
345 Letcher Ave.
Lexington, VA 24450-0304
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Preferred citation:

Harris W. Garrow letters, 1904-1916. MS 0151. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
2 items
Creator:
Garrow, Harris W. (Harris Walker), 1846-1916
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Harris W. Garrow letters, 1904-1916. MS 0151. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

The Harris W. Garrow letters consist of correspondence (2 items) related to Garrow. The first letter (dated June 9, 1904) is from Rose Pendleton to Garrow, in which Pendleton thanks Garrow for his contribution to the hospital fund. The second letter (dated December 2, 1916) is from Garrow to A. B. Thorburn of Liverpool, England, in which Garrow mentions the New Market Medal.

Biographical / historical:

Harris Walker Garrow was born in 1846 in Mobile, Alabama. He graduated VMI in 1865 and was a New Market cadet. After the Civil War he was a cotton merchant. Garrow died in 1916 in Houston, Texas.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks