Samuel H. Letcher manuscriptMS.0148Virginia Military Institute Archives

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-05-12 03:01:41 -0400.Description is written in: Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script. Virginia Military Institute Archives Samuel H. Letcher manuscript Letcher, Samuel H. (Samuel Houston), 1848-1914 Preston, John T. L. (John Thomas Lewis), 1811-1890 MS.0148 /repositories/3/resources/228 1 items holograph, 19 pages 1869 Manuscripts stacks English Preferred Citation

Samuel H. Letcher manuscript, 1869. MS 0148. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

Samuel Houston Letcher was born in 1848 in Lexington, Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1869 and was a New Market cadet. He also was a lawyer and judge. Letcher died in 1914 in Lexington.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one manuscript of the VMI valedictory address of Cadet Samuel H. Letcher. The speech was delivered at VMI finals in July 1869. The manuscript contains annotations by John T. L. Preston.

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