Pendleton Family correspondence

Access and use

Location of collection:
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
Special Collections and Archives
James G. Leyburn Library
Washington and Lee University
204 W. Washington Street
Lexington, VA 24450
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Tom Camden
Phone: (540) 458-8649
Phone: (540) 463-8109
Fax: (540) 463-8964
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Terms of access:

The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Pendleton Family Correspondence (WLU Coll. 0456), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Feet one folder
Creator:
Pendleton, William Nelson, 1809-1883 and Pendleton, A. W.
Language:
The collection is in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Pendleton Family Correspondence (WLU Coll. 0456), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of three letters. Two are addressed to Jane Pendleton and one s addressed to Gordon Pendleton. There is a letter dated January 4, 1867 written to Jane by her aunt, M. A. Adams. She writes about her financial situation and family matters. Another was written to Jane by her brother-in-law William Pendleton dated February 2, 1879. it consoles her on the death of her long-time husband. The letter to Gordon was written by his brother, A. W. Pendleton in Warsaw, Virginia and is dated February 23, 1857.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard