Robert Saunders Letter to Henry A. Wise

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
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Restrictions:

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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:

Robert Saunders to Henry A. Wise Letter, 1841 February 17, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
.01 Linear Feet
Creator:
Saunders, Robert, 1805-1868
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Robert Saunders to Henry A. Wise Letter, 1841 February 17, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Two page letter from Saunders, President of the College of William and Mary, from Williamsburg, Virginia to The Honorable Henry A. Wise, informing him that a messenger had arrived recently to inform him that John Tyler had been elected President of the United States.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard