<?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">William-Russell-Letter-to-William-Augustine-Washington</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">William Russell Letter to William Augustine Washington</titleproper><titleproper>Guide to the William Russell Letter to William Augustine Washington <num>SC 00568</num></titleproper></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><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 12:53:44 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>English</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>William Russell Letter to William Augustine Washington</unittitle>
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      <persname rules="dacs" source="local">Russell, William</persname>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1799/1799">1799 October 29</unitdate>
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<p>Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.</p>  </userestrict>
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<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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<p>Letter from William Russell, Middletown, to William Augustine Washington, Gaywood, near Fredericksburg, Virginia about Russell's offer to sell lands in Stafford County to General Lee and his friend.</p>  </scopecontent>
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<p>Purchase, 1969.</p>  </acqinfo>
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<p>William Russell Letter to William Augustine Washington, Special Collections Research Center, William &amp; Mary Libraries</p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject source="Library of Congress Subject Headings">Real property--Virginia--Stafford County</subject>
    <subject source="local">Stafford County (Va.)--History--19th century</subject>
    <persname rules="dacs" source="naf">Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870</persname>
    <persname source="local">Washington, William Augustine, fl. 1809-1830</persname>
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