Series 5: Mss. Acc. 2011.269 Addition
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Primarily correspondence of Capt. William Wilson Galt with his wife Mary Blair Grigsby Galt and their sons, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt and William Richard Galt. Letters are written from California, Charlotte County, Norfolk, and Williamsburg, Virginia. Other letters are between Grigsby family members, particularly to Hugh Carrington Grigsby, the brother of Mary Blair Grigsby Galt. William Wilson Galt's letters are written on while on voyages to California, Mexico, Cyprus, Gibraltar, the Azores, and Italy. One letter is dated 1898 April 30, the day before the Battle of Manila Bay while on board the USS Raleigh which was engaged in the battle. Letters from Eastern Publishing Company, a potential publisher of "The Battle of Manila Bay," who were unable to publish the book. Accounts concerning the estate of Mary Venable Carrington Grigsby, the mother-in-law of William Wilson Galt.
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