Henry A. Wise letters

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
Phone: (540) 464-7566
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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:

Henry A. Wise letters, 1813-1861. MS 0248. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
14 items
Creator:
Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Henry A. Wise letters, 1813-1861. MS 0248. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

The Henry A. Wise letters consist of the incoming and outgoing correspondence (13 items) of Wise, the Governor of Virginia from 1856 to 1860. The letters are dated from November 1859 through March 1861 and concern personal and family matters. Correspondents include Wises' third wife, Mary Lyons Wise, his nephews Tully and John Wise, and his son Obidiah Jennings Wise.

Also included is one unrelated letter (dated July 19, 1813) from George Wise to Tully Wise, in which George describes the destruction by the British of his Norfolk County, Virginia plantation.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks