<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-viw">John-R-Wheat-Papers</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Wheat, John R. Papers</titleproper><titleproper>Guide to the John R. Wheat Papers <num>Mss. 39.2 W56</num></titleproper><author>Finding Aid Authors: Special Collections Staff.</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Special Collections Research Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/logos/wm.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>0207-06-01</date></p><address><addressline>William &amp; Mary Special Collections Research Center</addressline><addressline>Earl Gregg Swem Library</addressline><addressline>400 Landrum Dr</addressline><addressline>Williamsburg, Virginia</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 757-221-3090</addressline><addressline>spcoll@wm.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-05-15 12:26:17 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>The collection description/finding aid is written in <language encodinganalog="041" langcode="eng">English</language></langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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<p>Exchange</p>  </acqinfo>
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<p>Collection is open to all researchers. Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Manuscripts and Rare Books Librarian, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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<p>John R. Wheat Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>Letters, 1872-1881, to Dr. John R. Wheat of Prince William County, Va. and Richmond, Va. from his brother C. D. Wheat and his father Dr. R. W. Wheat, both in San Francisco, California. Letters concern life in California, "Quantico," Prince William County, Va. and J. Frank Wheat; and includes letter, 1873, of C. D. Wheat to brother J. Frank Wheat.</p>  </scopecontent>
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<p>Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <genreform source="aat">Correspondence</genreform>
    <subject source="local">Prince William County (Va.)--History--19th century</subject>
    <persname source="local">Wheat, J. Frank</persname>
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  <dsc><c id="aspace_00fb208a47d4724e36d42f896c177acf" level="file"><did><unittitle>Papers</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/270646</unitid><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial><container altrender="Century Box" id="aspace_382c681111b5620b5aff32375b1b16b8" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">Manuscripts Group 2 Box 34</container><container id="aspace_adaa17e663fed0af98561dc39aa1bc27" parent="aspace_382c681111b5620b5aff32375b1b16b8" type="folder">1</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_59aa37bf7585183cd71609eed2c77d92"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Item 1: C.D. Wheat, San Francisco, [CA], to "Johnny" [John R. Wheat], n.p., September 9 1872
4pp. ALS.</p><p>Item 2: C.D. Wheat, San Francisco, [CA], to John R. Wheat, Dumfries, Prince William County, Virginia, December 14 1872
2pp. ALS.</p><p>Item 3: C.D. Wheat, San Francisco, CA, to J.F. Wheat, Dumfries, Prince William County, Virginia, March 20 1873
8 pp. ALS.</p><p>Item 4: C.D. Wheat, San Francisco, [CA], to "Johnny" [John R. Wheat], n.p., April 22 1873
2pp. ALS.</p><p>Item 5: C.D. Wheat, San Francisco, [CA], to John R. Wheat, Potomac City, Prince William County, Virginia, August 5 1874
7pp. ALS.</p><p>Item 6: R.W. Wheat, San Francisco, [CA], to John R. Wheat, Potomac City, Prince William County, Virginia, August 10 1874
3pp. ALS. Including an ANS from C.D. Wheat, n.p., to "Johnny," John R. Wheat. 1p.</p><p>Item 7: C.D. Wheat, San Francisco, [CA], to John R. Wheat, Neabsco Mills, Prince William County, Virginia, December 11 1874
4pp. ALS.</p><p>Item 8: C.D. Wheat, San Francisco, [CA], to John R. Wheat, Neabsco Mills, Prince William County, Virginia, September 10 1875
2pp. ALS.</p><p>Item 9: M.A. Ish, Neabsco Mills, Va., to John R. Wheat, Richmond, Va, December 8 1875
2pp. ALS.</p><p>Item 10: C.D. Wheat, San Francisco, [CA], to John R. Wheat, Richmond, VA, January 22 1876
7 pp. ALS.</p><p>Item 11: C.D. Wheat, San Francisco, [CA], to John R. Wheat, Richmond, Virginia, April 5 1876
3pp. ALS.</p><p>Item 12: R.W. Wheat, San Francisco, [CA], to John R. Wheat, Richmond, Virginia, April 9 1876
1p. ALS.</p><p>Item 13: R.W. Wheat, San Francisco, [CA], to John R. Wheat, Richmond, Virginia, April 29 1876
1p. ALS.</p><p>Item 14: C.D. Wheat, San Francisco, [CA], to John R. Wheat, Richmond, Virginia, May 3 1876
3pp. ALS.</p><p>Item 15: C.D. Wheat, San Francisco, [CA], to John R. Wheat, Richmond, Virginia, July 18 1876
3pp. ALS.</p><p>Item 16: C.D. Wheat, San Francisco, [CA], to John R. Wheat, Richmond, Virginia, March 8 1877
4pp. ALS.</p><p>Item 17: R.W. Wheat, San Francisco, [CA], to John R. Wheat, n.p., March 9 1877
2pp. ALS.</p><p>Item 18: C.D. Wheat, San Francisco, [CA], to John R. Wheat, Richmond, Virginia, May 30 1877
4pp. ALS.</p><p>Item 19: Randolph Buck[?], Richmond, Va., to John R. Wheat, Richmond, Virginia, January 31 1878
1p ALS.</p><p>Item 20: R.W. Wheat, San Francisco, [CA], to John R. Wheat, Richmond, Virginia, July 17 1878
3pp. ALS.</p><p>Item 21: R.W. Wheat, San Francisco, [CA], to John R. Wheat, Richmond, Virginia, December 9 1879
2pp. ALS.</p><p>Item 22: R.W. Wheat, San Francisco, [CA], to John R. Wheat, n.p., January 20 1880
2pp. ALS. Including a poem, by W[?], n.p. 1p.</p><p>Item 23: M.A. Ish, Neabsco Mills, Va., to John R. Wheat, Richmond, Va, September 21 1880
1p. ALS. Including an ADS from J.K. King, Constable, Dumphries, Va., 20 Sept. 1880</p><p>Item 24: R.W. White, San Francisco, [CA], to John R. Wheat, Richmond, Virginia, November 18 1880
2pp. ALS.</p><p>Item 25: M.T. Finch, n.p., to J.R. Wheat, Richmond, Va., August 24 1881
4pp. ALS.</p><p>Item 26: An invitation to a social function.
1 piece.</p><p>Item 27: A poem by C.D. Wheat, 1871
1 piece.</p></scopecontent></c></dsc>
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