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Whittle Family Papers, 1812/1943 1.40 Linear Feet 1 Hollinger document case and 1 half Hollinger document case boxes

Whittle family
This collection contains diaries, personal accounts, certificates, proceedings, receipts, literary magazines, and newspapers documenting the Whittle, Page, Loyall, Dabney, and Gordon families.
  1. Old Dominion University

Whittle I, Conway, Norfolk, Virginia, to "Brother", 1815/1817 Box 9, Folder 11

"Brother" may refer to James Whittle, Liverpool, England. Also includes a letter from Conway Whittle I, to "My Dear Son," (Conway Whittle II, Liverpool, England). The content concerns family news; progress of Conway II's education. Stephen Decatur's operations in the Mediterranean and David Porter's Book on the Essex; (Bound for Battle: the Cruise of the United States Frigate Essex in the War of 1812); William Lewis and B.F. Neale, Whittle's sons-in-law.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Conway Whittle Papers, 1773/1911, bulk 1801/1867
  3. Series 1: Papers
  4. Box 9: Correspondence (Whittle, A. - Whittle II, Conway)

Whittle II, Conway, 1799/1932 Box 11, Folder 1

Re: papers regarding the house on Boush Street, Norfolk, Virginia; divided into two folders for ease of handling; between the two folders are specifications for the house's rebuilding and inventories of possessions. Also included are detailed accounts about the house.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Conway Whittle Papers, 1773/1911, bulk 1801/1867
  3. Series 1: Papers
  4. Box 11: Correspondence (Whittle II, Conway)

Whittle II, Conway Customs House, Norfolk, 1806/1843 Box 9, Folder 21

One document (1842) signed by President John Tyler; one document (1830) signed by President Andrew Jackson (lacks Jackson's surname); four other miscellaneous documents; two in English and two in Spanish. Includes appointments, 1830 and 1842, of Conway Whittle II as Collector of Customs for Norfolk and Portsmouth signed by Andrew Jackson and John Tyler; and instructions to Whittle from Treasury Department concerning tariff on steek and iron. See also Norfolk--Customs House papers.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Conway Whittle Papers, 1773/1911, bulk 1801/1867
  3. Series 1: Papers
  4. Box 9: Correspondence (Whittle, A. - Whittle II, Conway)

Whittle II, Conway, to Conway Whittle I, et al, 1811/1832 Box 11, Folder 4

Includes letters to his uncle and other miscellaneous unidentified persons. One letter from Conway Whittle to (Ion?) concerning family news; one letter discusses the bank bill before Congress (1832). Asking uncle to use influence to have him appointed insurance agent in Virginia for Phoenix Fire Insurance Company of London and discusses Mutual Assurance County of Virginia.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Conway Whittle Papers, 1773/1911, bulk 1801/1867
  3. Series 1: Papers
  4. Box 11: Correspondence (Whittle II, Conway)

Whittle II, Conway to his family, 1813/1816 Box 11, Folder 7

Gives physical description of himself. His life and studies in England and Ireland; at college in Dublin, his views about slavery (a curse and a disgrace); news of War of 1812, relations between U.S. and Britian, relations in England and Ireland, he is often in Liverpool; loss of William Lewis and Benjamin Neale; comments on Napoleonic Wars; trying to choose a career. Asks about his mammy "Aggy".

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Conway Whittle Papers, 1773/1911, bulk 1801/1867
  3. Series 1: Papers
  4. Box 11: Correspondence (Whittle II, Conway)

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