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Letters by Iverson L. Twyman (1849-1921) Box 7, Folder 75

28 items. Include letters from Virginia to brother John Twyman in Nashville (where he is attending college at State Normal College, now Peabody College) and in Texas. Two letters bear letters of Augusta Giles Twyman. Letters concern Readjuster politics in Buckingham County. "The Readjusters all over the county voted for the negro [Shed Dungee] and John Eldridge says he is prouder of that one act than of any other in his whole life." Lists other individuals who voted for Dungee. Turkey and deer hunting.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Austin-Twyman Papers
  3. Series 1: Letters
  4. Subseries 1.2: Letters to, from, or about the Twyman Family
  5. Iverson L. Twyman (1849-1921)

Letters by J.M. Spiller Box 12, Folder 133

9 items. Letters by J. M. Spiller, Guard Lock No. 4, James River & Kanawha Canal. One, 2 October 1848, is a detailed account of appearance and conversations of Thomas Hart Benton. Other letters concern politics, [Spiller's hatred of Whigs], slavery ["I did not intend you to make a cook of Sally. Please leave her to herself to attend to the cows and her business - the women who suckle can and must cook"] and requesting Twyman's aid in keeping Spiller's sister from going back to her former husband.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Austin-Twyman Papers
  3. Series 1: Letters
  4. Subseries 1.4: Letters to, from, or about the Spiller Family
  5. J. M. Spiller Letters

Letters by John A. Twyman Box 8, Folder 86

10 items. Letters to Iverson L. Twyman bear letters from Samuel R. Twyman and Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, concerning family's poverty and his desire for an education; two people in jail for whipping children to death. Letter (draft) to Joseph Dupuy Eggleston , State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and teachers certificates signed in 1902-1905 by Twyman as Superintendent of Schools, Buckingham County, Va.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Austin-Twyman Papers
  3. Series 1: Letters
  4. Subseries 1.2: Letters to, from, or about the Twyman Family
  5. John A. Twyman

Letters by John A. Twyman Box 8, Folder 87

21 items. Includes copies of letters to Joseph Dupuy Eggleston concerning a controversy over the location of a school; copies of love letters to ""Miss Smith"" in December 1907 - January 1908 and copies of love letters to Josephine White, December 1922 - January 1923.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Austin-Twyman Papers
  3. Series 1: Letters
  4. Subseries 1.2: Letters to, from, or about the Twyman Family
  5. John A. Twyman

Letters by Mabel B. Twyman Box 11, Folder 123

29 items. Correspondents are Iverson L. Twyman, John A. Twyman (one letter bears note by Iverson L. Twyman; most letters written while she was attending State Normal School, Nashville, Tenn., [now Peabody College]), Martha E. (Austin) Twyman, Augusta G. Twyman (concerning Mabel Twyman's ill-health, Dr. Edward McGuire, Dr. Hunter McGuire, streetcars in Richmond), Dr. Hunter McGuire.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Austin-Twyman Papers
  3. Series 1: Letters
  4. Subseries 1.2: Letters to, from, or about the Twyman Family
  5. Mabel B. Twyman

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