The patriarch of the family was Jacob Hall who married Emily Glenworth Moore of New York who was the granddaughter of Bishop Richard Channing Moore of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Jacob and Emily Hall's son was Professor John Lesslie Hall (1856-1928) of the College of William and Mary. John Lesslie Hall, Sr. married Margaret Fenwick Farland (daughter of Zebulon S. Farland and Ellen Doughlas Gordon Farland) and had: Channing M. Hall, John Lesslie Hall, Jr., Joseph F. Hall and Emily M. Hall. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:
Gift; Sept. 1987 of 2659 items. Gift; 05/25/1999 of 1 item. 2005.18, gift via WHRA. Acquisition information for material received after 7/13/2009 is available by consulting a Special Collections Research Center staff member.
Processed by Tim Batule in 1990. Acc. 2013.103 accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in June 2013.
Artifacts transferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection (Mss. 1.03), including U.S. Naval Academy Farewell Aide Mémoires (90H14.A18ab)
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Hall Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Mss. 78 H14 Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Jr. Papers
UA 6.021 John Lesslie Hall Papers
Some material has been transferred to the artifact collection.
This collection consists of the papers of the Hall and Moore families of New York, Richmond, Va. and Williamsburg, Va. Includes wills, estate papers, legal and financial transactions, 1810-1915, of Jacob Hall, Sarah Hall and Cunningham Hall; and Bishop Richard Channing Moore, Virginia Moore, Harriet Glenworth Moore, Margaretta Moore and Louise Moore. Contains correspondence, 1854-1876, between Zebulon S. Farland and Ellen Douglas Gordon Farland; letters, 1906-1928, to Margaret (Farland) Hall, from her children, Emily Hall, Channing Hall, Joseph Hall, and John Lesslie Hall concerning education and World War I; and correspondence, 1887-1889, between Margaret (Farland) Hall and John Lesslie Hall, Sr. The collection also includes teaching notes, professional writings, and alumni correspondence with John Lesslie Hall, Sr. Prominent correspondents of Hall include Lyon G. Tyler, Thomas Nelson Page, Joseph Dupuy Eggleston and Basil Gildersleeve. Includes items removed from "The Writing of English"(PE1408 .M38 1929), a book owned by Emily M. Hall.
See staff for inventory of boxes 1-6.
This series contains papers, 1810-1943, of the Hall and Moore families of New York, Richmond, Va. and Williamsburg, Va. Includes wills, estate papers, legal and financial transactions, 1810-1915, of Jacob Hall, Sarah Hall and Cunningham Hall; and Bishop Richard Channing Moore, Virginia Moore, Harriet Glenworth Moore, Margaretta Moore and Louise Moore. Contains correspondence, 1854-1876, between Zebulon S. Farland and Ellen Douglas Gordon Farland; letters, 1906-1928, to Margaret (Farland) Hall, from her children, Emily Hall, Channing Hall, Joseph Hall, and John Lesslie Hall concerning education and World War I; and correspondence, 1887-1889, between Margaret (Farland) Hall and John Lesslie Hall, Sr. The collection also includes teaching notes, professional writings, and alumni correspondence with John Lesslie Hall, Sr. Prominent correspondents of Hall include Lyon G. Tyler, Thomas Nelson Page, Joseph Dupuy Eggleston and Basil Gildersleeve.
Artifacts removed.
Separation sheets for items moved to Manuscripts Artifact Collecion. Includes: military ID tags, light bulbs, metal disk, button, lighter, 2 small red books, 2 plain bar pins, uniform pins, whistle, uniform stripes, pink belt of beads, souvenir dance programs, black gloves, lace with gold pin, blue beaded purse, beaded purse, black net veil, black silk stockings, white lace, 2 black fans, blue embroidered coin purse, lace collar, 2 black veils, black tape watch chain,papers and boxes of sewing pins, and black scarf.
2 framed citations for Rear Adminiral John Lesslie Hall: The Honorary Companion of the Distinquished Service Order and the Republique Francaise Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur.
2 framed citations for Rear Adminiral John Lesslie Hall: The Honorary Companion of the Distinquished Service Order and the Republique Francaise Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur.
Framed and unframed citations. Wooden plaque with bronze label describing a piece of silver metal with Japanese words attached to the opposite end of the plaque, "Nameplate of Jap Suicide Plane which crashed SS Minot Victory Ammunition Ship..." The SS Minot Victory was a Victory ship built during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding program.
This series contains one color photograph of John Lesslie Hall, former professor at the College of William & Mary. This series has been added to Box 5.
This series contains papers relating to Professor John Leslie Hall. Includes newspaper clippings, a 1926 Flat Hat with article regarding Dr. Hall's seventieth birthday, photographs of Hall portraits and ancestral places, and Moore-Hall genealogy.
Contains genealogical material for the Moore and Hall families, including Charles C. Hall, Channing Moore Hall, Nona C. Hall, John Lesslie Hall, Emilie Glentworth Hall, and Emily Moore Hall.
Includes correspondence, newsletters, photographs and more.