St. Leger Landon Carter Letter to Dr. Beverley R. Wellford

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Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
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PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
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Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Feet
Creator:
Carter, St. Leger Landon and Wellford, Beverley R. (Beverley Randolph)
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

The letter from St. Leger Landon Carter, to Dr. Beverley R. Wellford, regards his personal medical bill as well as the medicines provided to his enslaved servant, Pleasant.

Biographical / historical:

St. Leger Landon Carter was a member of the Virginia Senate as well as a planter, a contributor to the Southern Literary Messenger and other publications of that day, and the author of the miscellaneous collection in prose and verse, published under the title of "Nugae by Nugator" in 1844.

Acquisition information:
Purchased by John M. Presson Fund, Class of 1916. Acc. No. 1990-40.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard