Letters

Containers:
Box 1, Folder 6
Scope and content:

Letters from William Key Howard to sister Frances Robb. William writes of having "sent that lock of Boothe's [sic] hair that Grandma had to the Confederate Museum in Richmond." Mentions marital problems between his father and his second wife (Amy Margaret), she might move back to Texas. Mentions Frances and husband Robert Gilchrist Robb moving into the Paradise (Ludwell-Paradise) House on Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg. Longs for the sea, Frances worries about him when he sails. Desires to work on a ship through the Shipping Board. Some letters written while at sea on the SS Eastern Dawn which sailed to Europe including Antwerp. Contains photographs.

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Parent restrictions:
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