Richard Randolph Letter to William B. Randolph, 1855 May 21

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:

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 publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Richard Randolph Letter to William B. Randolph, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Feet
Creator:
Randolph, Richard
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Richard Randolph Letter to William B. Randolph, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries

Background

Scope and content:

Letter written by Richard Randolph to William B. Randolph of Chatsworth (near Richmond, Va.), dated May 21, 1855. Richard Randolph introduces himself as being selected by William & Mary faculty as their agent to solicit financial aid for the College, "an unpleasant task, which I could not decline." He appeals to William Randolph by comparing Plymouth and Bunker Hill, Massachusetts to Jamestown and Yorktown, Virginia ("the provident Yankee and the 'chivalrous Virginian'"), mentions that the monument (at Jamestown?) to James Blair has been demolished, and that William & Mary has been "disinherited by the State, and is now languishing for want of funds."

Custodial history:

Removed from the University Archives Subject File Collection in December 2018 so it could be processed as an individual collection. Before to being housed in the UA Subject Files, the letter had been part of the College Papers Collection.

Physical facet:
1 folder (1 item)
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard