Conditions Governing Use:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Conditions Governing Access:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Preferred Citation:

Dade-Hansbrough-Patton Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Processing Information:

Processed by Ellen Strong in 1997.

Family History:

The Dade family lived in King   George   County , Va. and the Hansbrough family lived in Chatham, Va. The Hansbrough family were ancestors of Mrs. Earl Gregg Swem.

Scope and Contents

Letters and poem, 1825-1899, of members of the Dade, Hansbrough, and Patton families. The collection inludes a letter, 1863, from Waller Tazewell Patton (7th Virginia Infantry) concerning his injury received in the Battle of Gettysburg and a letter, 1863, from Isaac W. Smith to John M. Patton telling of the death of Waller Tazewell Patton. The collection also includes a letter from Margaret Slaughter (Dade) Smith to James F. Hansbrough giving her consent to his marriage with Ophelia Hansbrough. There is also a letter from Hansbrough to John M. Patton concerning the loss of John Battaile Smith at sea.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 7th
• Correspondence
• Hansbrough family
• Patton family
• Patton, Waller Tazewell, 1835-1863
• Poems