Samuel Powell Byrd Papers, 1823-1859.

Access and use

Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Douglas Mayo
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Phone: (757) 565-8520
Fax: (757) 565-8528

Summary

Creator:
Samuel Powell Byrd, 1807-1863.
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Letters and accounts of Dr. Samuel Powell Byrd (1807-1863), of Gloucester County, Va., his stepson, William L. Fauntleroy, and his son, Richard C. Byrd, including accounts with Jesse Cole, Nicholas, Vest & Company, B. E. Bucktrout, W. W. Webb & Company, W. W. Vest & Company, and T. B. Taliaferro for medical supplies, household goods, clothing, and furniture; papers regarding S. P. Byrd's notes held by Roscow Cole and Lemuel Bowden; and letters to S. P. Byrd from William Fauntleroy and J. A. Deneufville. Also, two letters from Thomas Marshall to his son, John Marshall (1811-1854), who married Richard C. Byrd's daughter.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Samuel Powell Byrd was the son of William Byrd, IV and Susan Lewis. Samuel P. Byrd was married to Catherine Corbin who died in 1838. He then married Mary Lewis Brooke. Byrd live at White Hall in Gloucester County, Va.

Acquisition information:
Gift, 1939.
Physical description:
15 items.