A Guide to the Papers of the Allen Family
1825-1953 Allen Family, Papers of
9780
A Collection in
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 9780
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Virginia Library
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Accession number
9780
Title
Papers of the Allen Family,
1825-1953
Physical Characteristics
This collection
contains ca. 70 pieces in one Hollinger box.
Language
English
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Use Restrictions
See the
University of Virginia Library’s use policy.
Preferred Citation
Papers of the Allen Family, Accession # 9780, Special
Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,
Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
The collection was presented as a gift to the Library by
Mark C. Riley on January 27, 1972.
This collection, 1825-1953, consists chiefly of
correspondence in the 1850's from the Allen family to John J.
Allen, Jr., while he was in Texas. There is also
correspondence between the family and Henry C. Allen and
Robert E. Allen while they were students at the University of
Virginia. There is much valuable commentary on contemporary
political and social themes, but the strength of this
collection lies in the insight it lends to the study of a
family unit in the 1850's.
The collection has been single foldered and arranged in
chronological order.
Typed copy of grants to Lafayette and letter
of acknowledgement
1825 January 1
James Allen to John P. Allen
1829 February 9
Typescript
James Allen to John J. Allen, Sr.
1830 July 3
Typescript
James Allen to John Allen, Sr.
1832 December 24
Typescript
James Allen to John J. Allen, Sr.
1834 November 10
Typescript
James Allen to John J. Allen, Sr.
1836 June 14
Typescript
Henry C. Allen to John J. Allen
1851 October 23
ALS, w/typescript
Jane to "Dear Cousin"
1851 October
ALS
Jane to "Dear Cousin"
1852 January 13
ALS
Robert E. Allen to John Allen and Mary E. P.
to John Allen
1852 February 21 and 23
ALS
Wm. W. Gwathmey to R. B. Doswell
1854 November 23
ALS w/typescript
Mary E. P. Allen to John J. Allen, Jr.
1854 December 28
ALS
Henry C. Allen to John Allen
1855 February 1
ALS
Mary E. P. Allen to John Allen
1855 March 6
ALS
Mary E. P. Allen to John Allen
1855 March 15
ALS
Mary Jane Allen Watts to John J. Allen
1855 March 17
ALS
Mary E. P. Allen to John Allen
1855 April 27
ALS
John J. Allen, Sr. to John J. Allen, Jr.
1855 April 27
ALS
Henry C. Allen to John Allen and John Allen,
Sr. to John Allen, Jr.
1855 June 13
2 ALS
John J. Allen, Sr. to John J. Allen, Jr.
1855 July 16
ALS w/typescript
Mary E. P. Allen to John Allen
1855 July 16
ALS
Mary E. P. Allen to John Allen
1855 August 13
ALS
Mary E. P. Allen to John Allen
1855 September 17
ALS
Mary E. P. Allen to John Allen
1855 November 2
ALS
Henry C. Allen to John Allen
1855 November 6
ALS
Mary E. P. Allen to John Allen
1855 November 8
ALS
Mary Jane Allen Watts to Mary E. P. Allen
1855 December 8
ALS
Mary E. P. Allen to John Allen
1855 December 12
ALS
Henry C. Allen to John J. Allen
1855 December 14
ALS
Mary E. P. Allen to John Allen
1856 February 19
ALS w/incomplete typescript
Mary E. P. Allen to John Allen
1856 February 20
ALS
G. J. Allen to John Allen
1856 March 1
ALS w/typescript
James Madison Allen to John Allen
1856 March 1
ALS
Baldwin Allen to John Allen and Mary E. P.
Allen to John Allen
1856 March 1 and March
3
2 ALS
Mary E. P. Allen to John Allen
1856 March 3
Typescript
Henry C. Allen to John Allen
1856 March 15
ALS
Mary E. P. Allen to John Allen
1856 March 27
ALS
Evaline Allen to John Allen
1856 April 28
ALS
Mary E. P. Allen to John Allen
1856 July 9
ALS
Henry C. Allen to John J. Allen
1856 July 19
ALS
Henry C. Allen to John Allen
1856 August 8
ALS w/typescript
Mary E. P. Allen to John Allen
1856 August 8
ALS w/typescript
John J. Allen, Sr. to John J. Allen, Jr.
1856 August 12
ALS
Mary E. P. Allen to John Allen
1856 October 4
ALS
Mary E. P. Allen to John Allen
1856 October 9
ALS
Henry C. Allen to John Allen
1856 December 7
ALS
John J. Allen, Sr. to John J. Allen, Jr.
1857 February 20
ALS
John W. Allen to John Allen
1857 May 13
ALS w/typescript
Mary E. P. Allen to John Allen
1857 May 29
ALS
Mary E. P. Allen to John Allen
1858 June 2
ALS
J. B. Stovall to "Dear Mother"
1861 October 23
ALS
J. A. Payne to Russell H. Allen
1925 February 24
TLS
Contains genealogical information regarding the
descendents of John George Jackson and Mary Payne
Jackson.
Sallie Maxwell Bennett to Mrs. John J. Bland
1938 June 14
ALS
( ? ) to John J. Allen, III
1938 June 15
TL carbon
Margaret Cheney to Mary
1938 June 20
ALS
Contains genealogical information.
Genealogical chart of descendents of Robert
Allen and Lady (Mary or Alice) Walkinshaw
1938
E. P. Waller to General Robert H. Allen
1940 March 13
TL Carbon
Letter from Library of Congress to Miss
Cornelia M. Allen
1953
Regarding the four letters she presented to the
library.
Dr. Herfs Prescription for Dysentery
n.d.
Chart showing descendants of Col. William
Watts and Mary Jane Allen
n.d.
Three photographs of John G. Jackson, one of
Maj. Alfred H. Jackson, one of Jonathan Jackson
n.d.
Two photographs of unidentified persons
n.d.
Genealogical information concerning the Allen
family
n.d.