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Preferred Citation

Robertson Family letters, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Content Description

Two letters relating to the Robertson family of Virginia. The first letter is by Mary Lucinda Robertson (1833-1921); the daughter of Charles Henry Robertson, Mary was raised on the 2000 acre Pineland plantation and attended Ann Smith Academy in Lexington, Virginia. The second letter was sent to Miss Dora L. Judd of Williamsburg, VA. She was Charles Robertson's second wife. The letter is dated 1846 and was sent from Westhampton, Mississippi.

Arrangement

Collection is arranged by file.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Education--Virginia--History
• Letter writing
• Letters (correspondence)
• Personal narratives
• Teenagers--Virginia
• Virginia
• Virginia--History
• Women--Education--Virginia
• Women--History--Virginia