<?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-G-James-to-Samuel-Y-Ferguson-Letter</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">James, John G. to Samuel Y. Ferguson Letter</titleproper><titleproper>Guide to the John G. James to Samuel Y. Ferguson Letter <num>01/Mss. Acc. 1992.25</num></titleproper><author>Finding Aid Authors: Anne Johnson.</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>2009-04-11</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 12:52:45 -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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    <unittitle>John G. James to Samuel Y. Ferguson Letter</unittitle>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1927/1927" type="inclusive">April 7, 1927</unitdate>
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    <head>Biographical Information:</head>
<p>John G. James was a real estate agent in Oklahoma in 1927. Brother of Charles A. James, a Civil War veteran.</p>  </bioghist>
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<p>Gift.</p>  </acqinfo>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Use:</head>
<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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    <head>Conditions Governing Access:</head>
<p>Collection is open to all researchers. 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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    <head>Preferred Citation:</head>
<p>John G. James to Samuel Y. Ferguson Letter, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>Copy of an April 7, 1927 letter from John G. James to Samuel Y. Ferguson about Andrew Jackson and the VMI (Virginia Military Institute) Cadets in the Civil War and about Charles A. James, a student at the University of Virginia, who served with Robert E. Lee.</p><p> The John G. James papers were given to the Virginia Military Institute by an ancestor in 1992.</p><p> WHRA.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <geogname source="lcsh">Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865</geogname>
    <subject source="local">University of Virginia--History--19th century</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Virginia Military Institute--History--19th century</subject>
    <famname source="local">Ferguson family</famname>
    <famname source="local">James family</famname>
    <persname source="lcnaf">Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863</persname>
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