Robert Saunders correspondence, 1847

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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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 correspondence, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Linear Feet 1 legal-size folder
Creator:
Saunders, Robert, 1805-1868
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Robert Saunders correspondence, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

A single four page letter from Robert Saunders, Jr., (Williamsburg, Virginia) to Robert C. Randolph, (Millwood, Clarke County, Virginia), dated 1847 January 15. The letter contains Saunders concerns of official college business at William & Mary including the vacancy of the chair of Belle Lettres and the election of a permanent president. Saunders also lists and discusses potential presidential candidates.

Biographical / historical:

Robert Saunders Jr. (1805-1868) was professor of Mathematics at William & Mary beginning in 1833, president pro tem beginning in 1846, and served as president from June 17, 1847 - July 1848.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Gary A. Barranger '73 Law '76
Arrangement:

Arranged into one series: Series I. Correspondence.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard