Abner Johnson Leavenworth Papers, 1825-1850.

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

Contact for questions and access:

Email: spcoll@wm.edu

Phone: (757) 221-3090

Fax: (757) 221-5440

Web: swem.wm.edu/scrc

Summary

Creator:

Leavenworth, Abner Johnson.

Abstract:

Papers of Rev. Abner J. Leavenworth.

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence and papers of Rev. Abner J. Leavenworth, Presbyterian clergyman relating to his theological studies at Andover, Massachusetts and New Haven, Connecticut and his ministry at Waterbury and Bristol, Connecticut, Charlotte, North Carolina and Warrenton and Petersburg, Virginia. Includes correspondence and accounts, 1835-1838, with Turner & Hughes, booksellers in Raleigh, North Carolina. Includes correspondence with his wife Elizabeth M. Peabody Leavenworth and a letter, 1832, from missionary friends in Turkey.

Arrangement:

This collection has been broken down into three Series: Series 1 are the letters, Series 2 are the accounts and Series 3 are other papers.

Physical description:

121 items.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Booksellers and bookselling--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Turkey--History--1829-1878.

Names:

Presbyterian Church--United States-- Clergy.
Subject: Presbyterian Church-- United States--Missions-- History--19th century.
Root family.
Peabody family.
Leavenworth, Elizabeth M. Peabody.