H. G. Charles, Charles L. Pollock, and Slaughter W. Ficklin letters

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred citation:

MSS 16124, H. G. Charles, Charles L. Pollock, and Slaughter W. Ficklin letters, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia

Summary

Extent:
0.03 Cubic Feet One folder.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

MSS 16124, H. G. Charles, Charles L. Pollock, and Slaughter W. Ficklin letters, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia

Background

Scope and content:

H. G. Charles, Charles L. Pollock, and Slaughter W. Ficklin letters, 1831, 1847, and [1861], .03 cubic feet consisting of University of Virginia students letters about student life, exams, and the [Alexander Galt] statue of Thomas Jefferson.

H. G. Charles writes to his brother in Darlington Court House, South Carolina six years after the university began classes, and makes reference to a Peter Bacon, presumably another University of Virginia student.

Charles L. Pollock writes to his sister, Nannie, in Leesburg, Va. about exams and the "final celebration," where "...the statue of Jefferson is going to be inaugurated...." The letter was likely written in 1861, the year that the Alexander Galt statue of Thomas Jefferson was presented to the university. Also included is Slaughter Ficklin's letter about business, politics and praise for H. H. Patterson who is fighting in the war in Mexico.

Biographical / historical:

Businessman Slaughter W. Ficklin, a partner in Farish, Ficklin & Company which was a stagecoach enterprise in Charlottesville that also delivered mail to Congressman Shelton Leake in Albemarle County.

Acquisition information:
This collection was purchased from Beltrone Company by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia in April, 2016.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
University of Virginia