<?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" findaidstatus="completed" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-viw">Robertson-Family-letters</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Robertson Family letters</titleproper><titleproper>Guide to the Robertson Family letters <num>SC 01935</num></titleproper><author>Anna Lawrence</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>2024 October</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 13:36:12 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Robertson Family letters</unittitle>
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      <persname>Robertson, Mary Lucinda</persname>
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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>Collection is arranged by file.</p>  </arrangement>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Robertson Family letters, Special Collections Research Center, William &amp; Mary Libraries.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>Two letters relating to the Robertson family of Virginia. The first letter is by Mary Lucinda Robertson (1833-1921); the daughter of Charles Henry Robertson, Mary was raised on the 2000 acre Pineland plantation and attended Ann Smith Academy in Lexington, Virginia. The second letter was sent to Miss Dora L. Judd of Williamsburg, VA. She was Charles Robertson's second wife. The letter is dated 1846 and was sent from Westhampton, Mississippi.</p>  </scopecontent>
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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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    <subject source="lcsh">Personal narratives</subject>
    <subject source="Library of Congress Subject Headings">Letter writing</subject>
    <genreform source="aat">Letters (correspondence)</genreform>
    <subject source="local">Teenagers--Virginia</subject>
    <geogname source="lcsh">Virginia</geogname>
    <geogname source="lcsh">Virginia--History</geogname>
    <subject source="local">Education--Virginia--History</subject>
    <subject source="local">Women--Education--Virginia</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Women--History--Virginia</subject>
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