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The Galt Family was from Norfolk, Virginia. William Wilson Galt, a Naval officer, lived at various addresses in Norfolk and overseas. In 1881, he married Mary Blair Grigsby, daughter of Hugh Blair Grigsby and Mary Venable Carrington, also of Norfolk, Virginia, then later of Charlotte County, Virginia. Hugh Blair Grigsby was a historian, president of the Virginia Historical Society and chancellor of William & Mary. Mary Blair Grigsby and William Wilson Galt had 6 children: Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt, William Richard Galt, Robert W. Galt, Mary Carrington Galt, Susan D. Galt and Carrington G. Galt. These Galt Papers are the family papers of Mary Blair Grigsby Galt, William Wilson Galt and their children. Includes letters written to Mary Blair Grigsby Galt before her marriage to William Wilson Galt. Includes some Naval correspondence of William Wilson Galt, but also check subseries 4 , the personal papers of William Wilson Galt.

Material that could not be definitely associated with either the Grigsby or Galt Family.

These photographs have been grouped by Galt Family, Grigsby Family, provenance unknown. Includes a few tintypes and daguerreotypes.

Primarily correspondence of Capt. William Wilson Galt with his wife Mary Blair Grigsby Galt and their sons, Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt and William Richard Galt. Letters are written from California, Charlotte County, Norfolk, and Williamsburg, Virginia. Other letters are between Grigsby family members, particularly to Hugh Carrington Grigsby, the brother of Mary Blair Grigsby Galt. William Wilson Galt's letters are written on while on voyages to California, Mexico, Cyprus, Gibraltar, the Azores, and Italy. One letter is dated 1898 April 30, the day before the Battle of Manila Bay while on board the USS Raleigh which was engaged in the battle. Letters from Eastern Publishing Company, a potential publisher of "The Battle of Manila Bay," who were unable to publish the book. Accounts concerning the estate of Mary Venable Carrington Grigsby, the mother-in-law of William Wilson Galt.