Reverend W. T. Leavell 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 16172, Reverend W. T. Leavell letters, Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia

Summary

Extent:
0.03 Cubic Feet One folder in a document box BW 7.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

MSS 16172, Reverend W. T. Leavell letters, Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia

Background

Biographical / historical:

Cassius Francis Lee (1808-1890) was a first cousin of General Robert E. Lee and was treasurer of the Educational Society. He wrote to the Reverend W. T. Leavell at Westover Parish Church, Charles City, Virginia on behalf of Dr. Patrick J. Sparrow (1802-1867, a pastor and later President of Hampden-Sydney College about funding.

John Johns (1796-1876)served as the fifteenth president of the College of William and Mary. After the college closed due to financial struggles in 1846 , Bishop William Meade (1789-1862)and the Episcopal Church of Virginia secured the services of Bishop Johns to manage the College. Bishop Johns produced a regular increase of the number of students and established better discipline than ever before and ran the college without pay for the first years)

Acquisition information:
This collection was purchased from Crown Collectibles by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia on July 11, 2016.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard