Hugh B. Grigsby Esquire letters

Access and use

Location of collection:
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
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:

Hugh B. Grigsby Esquire letters, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Collection context

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Feet 1 legal size folder
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Hugh B. Grigsby Esquire letters, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of three letters written to Grisby from Ewell, Lamb, and Harrison.

The papers include three letters adressed to Hugh B. Grisby. The letters all mention the College of William & Mary.

Biographical / historical:

Hugh B. Grigsby was chancellor of William & Mary and a member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1828-1830). He attended Yale, served as a lawyer, and operated the plantation of Edgehill.

Arrangement:

The letters are arranged chronologically in 1 folder.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard