Blackistone Family Collection--Correspondence

Name/Title

Blackistone Family Collection--Correspondence

Entry/Object ID

2004.008.0023

Scope and Content

1 folder ; 14 3/4" w x 9 5/8" h Folder 000211. Pieces 211-220 This group includes a letter from Meyer Lewin to Robert E. Lee as president of Washington and Lee recommending John Marshall Dent as a student. There are two letters asking for settlement of Dent's past debts and one letter from Dent asking about money owed him. Dent submitted a request for a permit to bring groceries and clothes into the county. There is a notice of a meeting of the Board of School Commissioners. Dent received a letter from a person in Louisville, Kentucky trying to buy a farm in Saint Mary's county. When the war was over, the re-established postal service brought two letters from Martha Dent of the Georgia Dents.

Collection

Blackistone Family Collection

Archive Details

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Date(s) of Creation

1865 - 1866

Location

Container

Blackistone Collection, Box 11

Shelf

Rack 15, Shelf 5

Wall

South wall

Room

Archives 1

Building

Tudor Hall

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Dent, John F. (1814-1898)

Person or Organization

Dent, John Marshall (1844-1929)

Person or Organization

Lee, Robert E.

Person or Organization

Dent, Martha

Person or Organization

Wood, Martha

Person or Organization

Lewin, Meyer