Inventory of the Daingerfield Papers 1833-1930
Collection Number Mss. 39.2 D14
A Collection in the
Manuscripts and Rare Books Department

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Administrative Information

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

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Preferred Citation

Daingerfield Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

Gift, 31 March 1930.

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
Collection number: Mss. 39.2 D14
Title: Daingerfield Papers, 1833-1851
Extent: 8 items.
Language: English
Collector: Daingerfield Family.
Abstract: Letters of Mrs. Sallie Withrow Daingerfield to family members. Includes letters from Edward Randolph Edmunds.

Scope and Content Information

Letters, 1833-1840, from Sallie Withrow Daingerfield at "Belleplane" [or "Belleplain"] Richmond County, Va. to her husband Joseph F. Daingerfield, member of the Virginia House of Delegates; to her sister Margaret A. Withrow at Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, Va. [now W. Va.]; and to her brother John Withrow.

Includes letters, 1850-1851, from Edward Randolph Edmunds in London, Eng. and Florence, Italy to his sister Sallie Edmunds (Mrs. Edwin Short Edmunds) describing his travels; and a letter, 1930, concerning the military service of Joseph F. Daingerfield.

Arrangement

Arrangement

Collection is arranged chronologically.

Organization

The inventory has been divided into three series. Series 1 are the letters of S. M. Daingerfield, series 2 are letters of Edward R. Edmunds and series 3 is a letter concerning the West Point record of Joseph F. Daingerfield.

Index Terms

Persons:
Daingerfield, Joseph F., 1800 or 1-1840.
Daingerfield, Sallie Withrow.
Withrow, Margaret A.
Withrow, John.
Edmunds, Edward Randolph.
Edmunds, Sallie, Mrs.

Contents List

• Series 1: Letters of S. M. Daingerfield
  Letters of S. M. Daingerfield. 1833-1840. 5 items.
• S. M. Daingerfield at Lewisburg, [Va.] to Joseph F. Daingerfield, at Fayette Court House, Va. 17 March 1833.
• S. [M. Daingerfield] at Belplain, to Major J. F. Daingerfield, at Richmond, Va. 8 Feb[ruary] 1839. Postmarked Warsaw.
• [S. M. Daingerfield], at Belleplane, to [J. F.] Daingerfield, at Richmond, Virginia. 14 March 1839. Mutilated.
• S. M. Daingerfield, at Westwood, to her sister, Margaret A. Withrow, at Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, Va. 18 Sept. 1840. Same sheet as below. Postmarked Port Republic
• S. M. Daingerfield to her brother [John Withrow.] Same sheet as above
• Sally [Daingerfield] to Joseph F. Daingerfield, at Fayette Court House, Va. No date. Postmarked Lewisburgh, Va.
• Series 2: Letters of Edward R. Edmunds
  Letters of Edward R. Edmunds. 1850-1851. 2 items.
• E[dward] R[andolph] Edmunds, at Florence, Italy, to Mrs. E[dwin] S[hort] Edmunds, at Hopkinsville, Ky. 25 June 1850.
• Edward [R. Edmunds] at London, to Sallie [i.e., Mrs. Edwin S. Edmunds], at Hopkinsville, Ky. 10 Aug. 1851.
• Series 3: Letter concerning West Point record of Joseph F. Daingerfield.
  Copy of a letter from [?] LeR. Martin, assistant adjutant, U. S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, to [Miss Sally Daingerfield 10 Feb[ruary] 1930 Concerning the record of Joseph F. Daingerfield.