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Letters by others to Frances (Austin) Wright Box 2, Folder 13

18 items. Includes two slave letters (Mary to her mother and father; and Lucy Patterson to Beverly, her son). Includes letter, 7 May 1859, of R. Elariage stating he has no objection to a slave marriage and endorsing the prospective husband. Letter outlining how to manage the estate of Archibald Austin ['If we lose when we own the negroes, how much more loss we would sustain when the negroes are hired."] and what has transpired financially since Austin's death twelve years previously including the sale of forty-three slaves. Also letters written from Virginia Female Institute, Staunton, Va.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Austin-Twyman Papers
  3. Series 1: Letters
  4. Subseries 1.1: Letters to, from, or about the Austin Family
  5. Frances (Austin) Wright

Letters by others to John Austin Box 2, Folder 18

14 items. Letters written by J. L. Cabell (describing location of rooms at University of Virginia and recommending Austin), Charles J. Gee (concerning studying medicine and University of Virginia) and Thomas W. Hix (concerning studies at Philadelphia College of Medicine). Hiring of enslaved persons.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Austin-Twyman Papers
  3. Series 1: Letters
  4. Subseries 1.1: Letters to, from, or about the Austin Family
  5. John Austin

Letters by others to the Archibald Austins Box 1, Folder 4

8 items. Includes letters by James Walker (concerning inoculation), William H. Cabell, Waller Taylor, Thomas McCleland (sending French clover seed from Botetourt Co., Va.), Jeremiah Weaver (money owed for a racehorse and carriage horses), Samuel P. Christian (soldiers from Buckingham County stationed on Craney Island in War of 1812), George Booker (written 26 March 1814, while serving with troops east of Lynnhaven), Gideon Spencer (asking Archibald Austin to run for Congress).

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Austin-Twyman Papers
  3. Series 1: Letters
  4. Subseries 1.1: Letters to, from, or about the Austin Family
  5. The Archibald Austins

Letters by others to the Archibald Austins Box 1, Folder 5

19 items. Includes letters by Richard Dabbs (setting up a schedule for preaching), Charles Yancey (written 10 February 1820, concerning session of General Assembly and the Missouri Compromise), Waller Taylor ([several items] Florida Question; Missouri Compromise; death of Stephen Decatur; insanity of John Randolph of Roanoke; Daniel D. Tompkins; opinion of Henry Clay; fear of Jackson and Calhoun; and election of John Q. Adams), Walter L. Fontaine (written 30 January 1821, concerning business of the General Assembly), Ro. B. Jones, Isham Talbot (laying off the town of Tuscaloosa, Alabama; description of Alabama; his crops), S. Branch, Samuel C. Scott, John Fauntieroy, A. Caldwell.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Austin-Twyman Papers
  3. Series 1: Letters
  4. Subseries 1.1: Letters to, from, or about the Austin Family
  5. The Archibald Austins

Letters by others to the Archibald Austins Box 1, Folder 6

12 items. Includes letters by A. White, Hampden-Sydney College (monthly report), George Booker (concerning business of General Assembly and revision of Virginia Court System in 1831), Stephen Hubbard, E. Booker (concerning anti-tariff convention to be held in Philadelphia September 1821), J. Mills, C. Fontaine, John W. Haskins, Samuel Ford, James W. Bouldin.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Austin-Twyman Papers
  3. Series 1: Letters
  4. Subseries 1.1: Letters to, from, or about the Austin Family
  5. The Archibald Austins

Letters by others to the Archibald Austins Box 1, Folder 7

11 items. Includes letters by George Booker (declining to run again for House of Delegates), Charles Yancey (declining to run again for House of Delegates), John Morgan (asking Archibald Austin to run for House of Delegates), James Bouldin (discussing his mailing list to constituents), M. C. Spencer, P. P. Smith, Stephen Hubbard, C. Fontaine, H. Lipscomb, Samuel Ford.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Austin-Twyman Papers
  3. Series 1: Letters
  4. Subseries 1.1: Letters to, from, or about the Austin Family
  5. The Archibald Austins

Letters by others to the Archibald Austins Box 1, Folder 8

11 items. Includes letters by P. P. Smith, P. H. Fontaine (news of politics in Washington and Virginia in 1836), Ro. T. Hubard, Thomas McCoy (concerning Bernard G. Austin), W. P. Mosley, University of Virginia (monthly report), Thomas H. Merryman, W. C. Nicholas.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Austin-Twyman Papers
  3. Series 1: Letters
  4. Subseries 1.1: Letters to, from, or about the Austin Family
  5. The Archibald Austins

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