Thomas L. Alfriend Papers

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
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Thomas L. Alfriend Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.30 Linear Feet
Creator:
Alfriend, Frank H., 1841-1887, Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889, Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, 1810-1894, Hope, James Barron, 1829-1887, Rogers, Powell Burwell, 1909-1976, and Seddon, James Alexander, 1815-1880
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Thomas L. Alfriend Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Chiefly letters, 1861-1865, from Thomas L. Alfriend (1843-1901) Sergeant, of Company B, 15th Virginia Infantry and Parken's Battery, Alexander's Battalion, Longstreet's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, from camps in Virginia and Tennessee to family members in Richmond, Virginia. Includes letter dated May 26, 1861 from Alfriend while stationed in Williamsburg, Virginia.

The addition contains 25 typewritten pages of transcripts of letters by Jefferson Davis, James Seddon and others mostly written to or about Frank Heath Alfriend (1841-1887), journalist and teacher and author of a book entitled "The Life of Jefferson Davis." Location of original typescripts of letters and the originals are unknown. Originals were sold at Sotheby's.

Biographical / historical:

Thomas L. Alfriend (1843-1901) was a Sergeant, of Company B, 15th Virginia Infantry. He was captured at Sayler's Creek, April 6, 1865, and was confined at Point Lookout, Maryland, until June 23, 1865. After the war, he returned to Richmond and entered the insurance business.

Frank H. Alfriend (1841-1887) was the younger brother of Thomas L. Alfriend. He became a biographer of Jefferson Davis.

Acquisition information:
Acc. No. 1995.65: 42 items purchased, 12/19/1995 Acc. No. 1996.40: Gift of 14 items, 08/21/1996.
Processing information:

Processed by Ellen Strong in 1996.

Arrangement:

Series 1: Letters; Series 2: Newspaper Clippings; Series 3: Typescripts; and Series 4: Letters to and About Frank Heath Alfriend, Typescripts.