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Special Collections Research Center
William & Mary Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem Library
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Williamsburg, Virginia
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William & Mary Special Collections Research Center staff
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use
Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, 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
Henry Waring Latane Lewis family papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased with the assistance of the Nelle Richardson Tonkin Fund.
Content Description
Collection contains papers documenting the family of Henry Waring Latane Lewis from Essex County, Virginia. Lewis was an episcopal minister in Essex County and often preached to African-Americans. The Collection includes papers ranging from correspondence to legal documents. Also included is a small ambrotype photograph and a list of names, possibly of enslaved individuals.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged by file.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- African American churches
- African Americans--Education
- African Americans--Education--Virginia
- African Americans--Religion
- American periodicals--Virginia--History
- Correspondence
- Education
- Episcopal Church--Virginia--History
- Episcopal Church--Virginia--History--19th century
- Essex County (Va.)--History--19th century
- Essex County (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Legal documents
- Letters (correspondence)
- Missionaries
- Personal narratives
- Receipts (financial records)
- Sermons
- Sermons, American--19th century
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- Virginia--Church history--19th century
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- Virginia--Church history--19th century
Container List
This series includes various papers including correspondence, receipts, affidavits, and medical class notes. Writings are also contained in this series and includes original handwritten sermons,and other non religious writings.
- Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 1
Aggregate list of enslaved personsUndated
- Mixed Materials Box 1 Folder: 2
Ambrotype photographUndated
- Mixed Materials Box 1 Folder: 3
Colocynthis seeds and empty envelope addressed to Loulie TempleCirca 1883
- Mixed Materials Box 1 Folder: 4
Correspondence1827-1893Undated
- Mixed Materials Small Collections Oversized Box 13 Folder: 5
Correspondence (oversize)1824 October 19 -1866 August 24Scope and Contents
File contains multiple oversize letters including a letter addressed to a Mrs. Garnett dated 1824, another addressed to "sister" from unidentified person dated 1863 and a letter to Reverened H.W. Temple from unidentified person dated 1866. The remaining letters are unidentified correspondence.
- Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 6
Journals1866Undated
- Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 7
Legal DocumentsUndated
- Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 8
Medical class notes1866Undated
- Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 9
Receipts and Accounts1830-1893Undated
- Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 10
Sermons1831-1860Undated
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 11
Sermon books I1839-1854
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 12
Sermon books IIUndated
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 13
Writings and Translations1826-1828Undated
Series includes published almanacs, and religious books.
- Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 14
Landreth's Rural Register and Almanac1827
- Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 15
Missionary at Work According to his Rule. by Rev. Wm. R. Nicholson, D.D.1869
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 16
Catechism for the Religious Instruction of Persons of Clour. Third Edition.1860
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 17
The Church Almanac1851
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Church Psalmody: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns1834
- Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 18
Ecclesiastical Law of Discipline: A Charge to the Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Virginia by the Right Reverend of Virginia by William Meade, D.D.1850