Robert S. Pace Collection 1776-1894

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
170 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Special Collections Public Services & Reference Staff
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred citation:

Robert S. Pace Collection, Accession 10530-b, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Summary

Creator:
Robert S. Pace
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Robert S. Pace Collection, Accession 10530-b, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Background

Scope and content:

This collection of thirty-eight items, 1776-1894, consists of three groups of unrelated papers. The first group contains eighteenth-century material chiefly concerning the Woodburyand Clappfamilies and includes the following correspondence: a letter of personal and religious sentiment from Edmund Quincyto his granddaughter, Mrs. Mary [Sheatt], December 14, 1780; a letter from Levi Woodburyto Asa Clapp, October 9, 1818, concerning marriage to Clapp's daughter, Elizabeth; Asa Clapp's letter to Elizabeth Woodburyconcerning her husband's estate, April 16, 1829; Isaac Hill's letter, November 8, 1841, to Col. Isaac Barnesdiscussing the suitability of Governor Levi Woodburyfor the presidency of the United States; and a letter from [Charles ?] Woodbury, January 4, 1894, to his sister Ellen Woodburyabout a family dispute.

Other material in this same group includes: a certification of intention to marry between Asa Godfrey Clappand Elizabeth Wendell Quinceyof Portland, March 16, 1787; a statement of stocks, December 31, 1842; and two undated items concerning the life and career of Montgomery Blair, postmaster general under President Abraham Lincoln.

The second group consists of notes and drawings concerning the origin of a Roman earthwork fortification in Britain, located three miles from Alfreto lying south of the road from Alfreton to Mansfield in the parishes of Paxton and South Normanton, County Derby, (May 31, 1870, and n.d.), and a record of a meeting of the freeholders of [Tibshelf ?] in the county of Derby [England] to consult concerning inclosing the Common, June 12, 1776.

The last group of papers contains the correspondence, 1951-1973, of Robert S. Pacewith the editors of the papers of Jefferson Davisand George Washingtonabout furnishing to the projects copies of letters from these individuals in his possession. Copies of Davis, Washington and James Polkletters are also present. One letter, October 16, 1951, discusses the Woodbury Mansionin Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Acquisition information:
This collection was given to the Library on November 7, 1986, by Mr. Robert S. Pace of Troy, Virginia.
Processing information:

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Physical location:
Physical description:
38 items