A Guide to the Scott family papers, 1867-1931, #43713

Biographical Information

William Wallace Scott (1845-1929) attended the Virginia Military Institute and enlisted in the Confederate Army 1 December 1863, serving in Company H, 4th Virginia Cavalry, also known as the Black Horse Cavalry. Scott was captured by Union forces in April 1865, but escaped; eventually being paroled in Charlottesville, Virginia, on 1 May 1865. After the war, Scott became a lawyer and editor. He served as the law librarian for the state of Virginia, and published works on Virginia and its history. Scott married Claudia Marshall Willis (1846-1912) 29 September 1869, and they had nine children. One of those nine children was Philip Henshaw Scott (1873-1962) who served as a career United States Coast Guard officer who served aboard Coast Guard cutters, including commanding the U.S.S. Seminole. Philip Scott also served in ports such as Norfolk, Virginia, and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. He married Mattie Moore Leitch (1875-1953) 29 April 1903, and they had five children: Philip Henshaw Scott (1904-1914), William Wallace Scott (1906-1931), Martha Moore Scott (1908-1979), Meredith Leitch Scott (1915-2002), and Johnny Scott (1918-). Most members of the Scott family are buried in Maplewood Cemetery in Gordonsville, Virginia.

Contents List

Series I: Correspondence , 1867-1931 .

Boxes 1-2

Extent: 2 boxes.

Correspondence, 1867-1931, consisting of letters between Philip H. Scott and his wife Mattie Moore Leitch Scott regarding his career as an officer in the United States Coast Guard and his various ports of service; Mattie Scott's raising their family and social news; the family homes in Orange County, Virginia; W. W. Scott's professional career; and the lives of Philip and Mattie Scott's children, including the health of William (Billy) Wallace Scott. Also includes corrrespondence from W. W. Scott, William (Billy) Wallace Scott, Martha Scott, Meredith Scott, Johnny Scott, and other relatives containing personal, family, and social news. Correspondence also contains letters from friends to the Scott family, as well as professional correspondence to Scott from fellow Coast Guard officers.

Box 1 Folder 1
Letters, 1867 .
Box 1 Folder 2
Letters, 1898 .
Box 1 Folder 3
Letters, 1900 .
Box 1 Folder 4
Letters, 1903 .
Box 1 Folder 5
Letters, 1908 .
Box 1 Folder 6
Letters, 1912 .
Box 1 Folder 7
Letters, 1913 .
Box 1 Folder 8
Letters, 1914 .
Box 1 Folder 9
Letters, 1915 .
Box 1 Folder 10
Letters, 1916 .
Box 1 Folder 11
Letters, 1917-1918 .
Box 1 Folder 12
Letters, February-July 1919 .
Box 1 Folder 13
Letters, August-December 1919 .
Box 1 Folder 14
Letters, 1921 .
Box 1 Folder 15
Letters, February-August 1922 .
Box 1 Folder 16
Letters, September-December 1922 .
Box 1 Folder 17
Letters, January-February 1923 .
Box 1 Folder 18
Letters, March-June 1923 .
Box 1 Folder 19
Letters, August-December 1923 .
Box 1 Folder 20
Letters, January-April 1924 .
Box 1 Folder 21
Letters, May-June 1924 .
Box 1 Folder 22
Letters, July-August 1924 .
Box 1 Folder 23
Letters, September 1924 .
Box 1 Folder 24
Letters, 1-18 October 1924 .
Box 1 Folder 25
Letters, 20-23 October 1924 .
Box 1 Folder 26
Letters, January-February 1925 .
Box 1 Folder 27
Letters, March 1925 .
Box 1 Folder 28
Letters, April-July 1925 .
Box 1 Folder 29
Letters, November-December 1925 .
Box 1 Folder 30
Letters, 1926 .
Box 1 Folder 31
Letters, January-February 1927 .
Box 1 Folder 32
Letters, May-June 1927 .
Box 2 Folder 1
Letters, July 1927 .
Box 2 Folder 2
Letters, August-September 1927 .
Box 2 Folder 3
Letters, November-December 1927 .
Box 2 Folder 4
Letters, 1928 .
Box 2 Folder 5
Letters, 1929 .
Box 2 Folder 6
Letters, 1930 .
Box 2 Folder 7
Letters, February-June 1931 .
Box 2 Folder 8
Letters, July 1931 .
Box 2 Folder 9
Letters, 3-10 August 1931 .
Box 2 Folder 10
Letters, 11-14 August 1931 .
Box 2 Folder 11
Letters, 17-19 August 1931 .
Box 2 Folder 12
Letters, 24-27 August 1931 .
Box 2 Folder 13
Letters, 10-13 September 1931 .
Box 2 Folder 14
Letter, Philip Scott to Mattie Scott.
Box 2 Folder 15
Letters, Mattie Scott to Philip Scott.
Box 2 Folder 16
Letters, W. W. (Billy) Scott to Philip Scott.
Box 2 Folder 17
Letters, John, Martha, and W. W. (Billy) Scott to their mother Mattie Scott.
Box 2 Folder 18
Letters to Philip Scott.
Box 2 Folder 19
Letters to Mattie Scott.

Series II: Accounts, receipts, etc. , 1912-1925 .

Boxes 2-3

Extent: 2 boxes.

Accounts, receipts, etc., 1912-1925, contains accounts, check stubs, deposit slips, insurance policies, promissory notes, receipts, tax records, and other papers regarding purchases of items and services by Philip Scott and Mattie Scott in Elizabeth City and Wilmington, North Carolina; Norfolk, Virginia; Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan; Baltimore, Maryland; and elsewhere. Includes school accounts for William Wallace Scott at ChristChurch School in Middlesex County, Virginia, and for Martha Scott at Stuart Hall in Staunton, Virginia.

Box 2 Folder 20
Receipts, the Duff Company (Elizabeth City, North Carolina), 1916-1917 .
Box 2 Folder 21
Application and bills, Elizabeth City Electric Light and Power Company (Elizabeth City, North Carolina), 1916-1917 .
Box 2 Folder 22
Receipts, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, post office, 1916 .
Box 2 Folder 23
Receipts, Elizabeth City Sewage Company (Elizabeth City, North Carolina), 1916-1917 .
Box 2 Folder 24
Accounts, Elizabeth City Water and Power Company (Elizabeth City, North Carolina), 1916-1917 .
Box 2 Folder 25
Accounts [V. M.] Jenkins and Company (Elizabeth City, North Carolina), 1916-1917 .
Box 2 Folder 26
Accounts, business cars, Keeney Crank (Elizabeth City, North Carolina), 1916 .
Box 2 Folder 27
Accounts, M. G. Wright (Elizabeth City, North Carolina), 1916-1917 .
Box 2 Folder 28
Accounts, McCabe and Grice (Elizabeth City, North Carolina), 1916 .
Box 2 Folder 29
Accounts, Mitchell's Department Store (Elizabeth City, North Carolina), 1916-1917 .
Box 2 Folder 30
Contracts, receipts, accounts, Norfolk and Carolina Telephone and Telegraph (Elizabeth City, North Carolina), 1916-1917 .
Box 2 Folder 31
Accounts, Parker Brothers (Elizabeth City, North Carolina), 1916-1917 .
Box 2 Folder 32
Accounts, R. E. Quinn and Company (Elizabeth City, North Carolina), 1916 .
Box 2 Folder 33
Accounts, Rucker and Sheely (Elizabeth City, North Carolina), 1916-1917 .
Box 2 Folder 34
Accounts, S. S. Davis (Elizabeth City, North Carolina), 1916-1917 .
Box 2 Folder 35
Account books, drafts, receipts, promissory notes, and papers, Savings Bank and Trust Company (Elizabeth City, North Carolina), 1916-1923 .
Box 2 Folder 36
Accounts, receipts, Sharber and White Hardware Company (Elizabeth City, North Carolina), 1916-1917 .
Box 2 Folder 37
Bills, Southern Gas Improvement Company (Elizabeth City, North Carolina), 1916-1917 .
Box 2 Folder 38
Accounts, receipts, W. S. White and Company (Elizabeth City, North Carolina), 1916-1917 .
Box 2 Folder 39
Accounts, receipts, and papers, Albemarle Laundry, Cooper Cleaning Works, E. S. Cheeson Company, Eastern Carolina Transportation Company, Fred Davis the Old Coal Dealer, Lavenstein's Department Store, Owens Shoe Company, P. W. Melick Company, Scott and Twiddy's (Dean's) (all Elizabeth City, North Carolina), 1916-1917 .
Box 2 Folder 40
Personal accounts of Mattie Scott while living in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, 1916-1917 .
Box 3 Folder 1
Accounts, City Laundry Company (Wilmington, North Carolina), 1914-1915 .
Box 3 Folder 2
Receipts, M. C. Darby and Company (Wilmington, North Carolina), 1915 .
Box 3 Folder 3
Accounts, Tide Water Power Company (Wilmington, North Carolina), 1915-1916 .
Box 3 Folder 4
Accounts and receipts, C. H. Fore and Company, John B. Cramner MD, Davis and Hintze, Home Savings Bank, J. Hicks Bunting Drug Company, Peterson and Rulfs, Springer Coal Company, Sterchi-Bancroft-Rich Company, Wilmington Furniture Company (all Wilmington, North Carolina), 1915-1916 .
Box 3 Folder 5
Accounts, A. C. Ward and Company (Norfolk, Virginia), 1921-1924 .
Box 3 Folder 6
Promissory notes, Citizens Bank of Norfolk, Virginia, 1922-1923 .
Box 3 Folder 7
Accounts and receipts, Gale-Ford Company (Norfolk, Virginia), 1922-1923 .
Box 3 Folder 8
Raymond R. Richardson, general agent for Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (Norfolk, Virginia), 1922, no date .
Box 3 Folder 9
Accounts, receipts, and deposit slips, C. E. Wright and Company; Carr, Mears, and Dawson; Citizens Bank of Norfolk (deposit slip); Nusbaum Book and Art Company; Virginian and Pilot Publishing Company (all Norfolk, Virginia) 1916-1923 .
Box 3 Folder 10
Papers, First National Bank (Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan), 1915-1923 .
Box 3 Folder 11
National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, policy renewal for 717 Cedar Street, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, 1922 .
Box 3 Folder 12
Tax assessments, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, 1920-1924 .
Box 3 Folder 13
Papers, Soo Hardware Company, Cameron Brothers and Company (both Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan), 1925, no date .
Box 3 Folder 14
Accounts, The Fairall Company, Wine Merchants (Baltimore, Maryland), 1914, 1917, 1919 .
Box 3 Folder 15
Accounts, I Samuel, Baltimore Dressed Meats (Baltimore, Maryland), 1914 .
Box 3 Folder 16
Riehl Ice and Coal Company (Baltimore, Maryland), 1914 .
Box 3 Folder 17
Accounts and receipts, Acker, Merrall, and Condit Company; Alonza Johnson and Son; Arthur C. Macy; Thomas Bradshaw, MD; Curtis Bay Bakery; Leimbach's Dry Cleaning and Dye Works; Mrs. Pope[?]; Henry Reese; and unidentified accounts (all Baltimore, Maryland), 1914-1915 .
Box 3 Folder 18
School accounts--ChristChurch School (Middlesex County, Virginia) and Stuart Hall (Staunton, Virginia), 1921-1924 .
Box 3 Folder 19
Accounts, receipts, and papers, Encyclopaedia Britannica , 1914-1916 .
Box 3 Folder 20
Accounts and receipts, Wm. H. Bellis Company (Annapolis, Maryland), 1919, 1922 .
Box 3 Folder 21
Account, Wm. H. Horstmann Company (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 1922 .
Box 3 Folder 22
Unidentified account (Nags Head, North Carolina), 1916 .
Box 3 Folder 23
Accounts and forms, David B. Clarkson Company, Sears Roebuck (Chicago, Illinois), 1915, no date .
Box 3 Folder 24
Accounts and envelopes, Miller and Rhoads, A. Edloe Donnan, Jr. (Richmond, Virginia), 1923, no date .
Box 3 Folder 25
Accounts and receipts, Allied Tailoring Company, Army and Navy Journal , Bishop Rowe One Hundred Thousand Dollar Foundation Fund, The Churchman , Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, National Uniform and Camp Company, P. F. Collier and Son, 1916-1917, 1923-1924, no date .
Box 3 Folder 26
Check book stubs, 1912-1913 .
Box 3 Folder 27
Miscellaneous papers, 1917, no date .

Series V: Publications and articles .

Box 4

Extent: 1 box.

Publications and articles include copies of A Vindication of Edmund Randolph , Some Observations on Political Parties in Virginia , and Virginia Principles owned by W. W. Scott (1845-1929) and including his annotations; brochures for Scott's History of Orange County, Va. ; a copy of Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor ; "Constitution and By-laws of the United States Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association; " "Digest of Important General Game and Fish Laws of Michigan; " and "Rules for the St. Mary's River. " Also included are articles on the Coast Guard and Prohibition.

Box 4 Folder 1
A Vindication of Edmund Randolph edited by P. V. Daniel.
Box 4 Folder 2
Brochures for W. W. Scott's History of Orange County, Va.
Box 4 Folder 3
Some Observations on Political Parties in Virginia by Hudsdon Cary.
Box 4 Folder 4
Virginia Principles by Lyon G. Tyler.
Box 4 Folder 5
The Merry Wives of Windsor .
Box 4 Folder 6
"Constitution and By-laws of the United States Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association. "
Box 4 Folder 7
"Digest of Important General Game and Fish Laws of Michigan. "
Box 4 Folder 8
"Constitution and By-laws of the Rotary Club " (Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan).
Box 4 Folder 9
"Rules for the St. Mary's River. "
Box 4 Folder 10
Articles, 1924-1926 circa .

A Guide to the Scott family papers, 1867-1931

A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 43713

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