William T. Leavell Charles City Court House Collection

Archive

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

William T. Leavell Charles City Court House Collection

Entry/Object ID

ARC121

Scope and Content

Collection of 31 letters written in 1842 to Reverend William T. Leavell (1813 - 1899), Charles City Court House, Virginia. Also included are transcriptions and associated documentary information. Folders 1 and 2: 31 letters written primarily from family members to Leavell in 1842 Folder 3: Transcriptions of the 31 letters Folder 4 Inventory of letters/transcriptions, photocopied article about Beall Air, copy of a tablet in Zion Episcopal Church, and a photocopy of a hand-drawn map showing Leavell (also Levelle) family property. According to an excerpt from The Lower Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War by Edward H. Phillips, 1959, Ph.D. dissertation, W. T. Leavell resigned from his parish in Charles City, Virginia, after the John Brown Raid and came to Jefferson County to be with his daughters, who had been staying with their grandmother at Walnut Grove. His wife died in 1858.

Acquisition

Accession

69

Source or Donor

McDonald, John Y.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

NB: No Deed of Gift on record for this donor as of 2/6/14

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1842

Archive Size/Extent

31 original letters, transcriptions, and associated photocopied documentary material