A Guide to the
Meikleham-Randolph-Trist-Coolidge Family
Papers Meikleham-Randolph-Trist-Coolidge
Family Papers.
7007
A Collection in the
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Accession number 7007
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Collection Number
7007
Title
Meikleham-Randolph-Trist-Coolidge
Family Papers
1799-1887
Extent
52 items
Collector
Robert W. Graves
Location
Language
English
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
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University of Virginia Library’s use policy.
Preferred Citation
A Guide to the
Meikleham-Randolph-Trist-Coolidge Family
Papers, Accession 7007, Special Collections Department, University of
Virginia Library
Acquisition Information
The Library purchased this collection (#
7007 ) from
Robert W. Graves of
Delray Beach, Florida on March 15,
1963.
Funding Note
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment
for the Humanities
This collection of ca. 100 items, 1799-1887 and n.d.,
consists chiefly of correspondence among the extended members
of the
Randolph family , descendants of
Thomas Jefferson . The majority of the
correspondence is between the granddaughter of
Thomas Jefferson ,
Septimia Anna Cary (Randolph)
Meikleham (1814-1887) and her siblings,
Virginia Jefferson (Randolph)
Trist (1801-1882),
Cornelia Jefferson Randolph (1799-1871),
Ellen Wayles (Randolph)
Coolidge (1796-1876), and
Meriwether Lewis Randolph (1810-1837).
Correspondents also include Septimia's nieces and nephews,
Martha Jefferson (Trist)
Burke (1826-1915),
Ellen R. (Coolidge) Dwight (1826-1894),
Isaetta Carter (Randolph)
Hubard (1835-1888), and
Lewis Carter Randolph (1838-1887); her
son,
William Moreland Meikleham (1839-1889);
and her grandsons,
Thomas Mann Randolph Meikleham (1869-1954)
and
Henry Parish Meikleham (1872-1937).
Letters from
Septimia Randolph in
Pensacola, Florida , December 27, n.y. and
January 26, 1838, tell about her adventurous trip to the area,
her social life, and how various groups of people--"native
Creoles," "whites," "quadroons," and "negroes"--were
segregated in a theater. After leaving
Pensacola , Septimia went to
Havana, Cuba to be with her sister,
(Randolph) Trist and her family. While
there, she met and married
David Scott Meikleham (1804-1849). Letters
from
Havana , February 16, 1838, November 3,
1839, and June 15, 1840, discuss life there, including living
outside of the city walls. Later, on October 22, [1843],
Septimia writes from
Glasgow, Scotland about its people and
land, and describes her visits to
Edin Castle ,
Holyrood Palace , and the
Highlands .
During June and July of 1882, correspondence between
Septimia (Randolph) Meikleham and family
members was concerned with congressional bills to aid
Thomas Jefferson 's heirs, particularly
his granddaughter, Septimia, and the possible removal of
Thomas Jefferson 's remains from
Monticello to
Washington, D. C. A letter, August 4,
n.y., from
Virginia (Randolph) Trist discusses the
new owner of
Monticello ,
Jefferson Michael [sic] Levy , and the
work he is having done on the estate.
A good source for information on the descendants of
Thomas Jefferson is Collected Papers of
the Monticello Association, edited by
George Green Shackelford , (The Monticello
Association, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1984). Biographies and
genealogical charts are included.
"Septimia Randolph
(Randolph) Trist
Alice Scott
C[ornelia] J[efferson] R[andolph]
Cornelia Jefferson
Randolph
Cornelia Jefferson Randolph
D. Huntington
D[avid] S[cott] Meikleham
David Scott Meikleham
E. A. Meikleham
E[lizabeth] M. Eppes
E[llen] W[ayles] [Randolph]
Coolidge
Eleanora Jefferson Meikleham
Ellen R. (Coolidge) Dwight
Ellen R. [Coolidge] D[wight]
Ellen W[ayles Randolph] Coolidge
Ellen Wayles (Randolph)
Coolidge
Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge
George Green Shackelford
H[enry] P[arish] M[eikleham]
Henry Parish Meikleham
Isaetta C[arter] [Randolph]
Hubard
Isaetta Carter (Randolph)
Hubard
Jefferson Michael [sic] Levy
Jemima Hapgood
John B. Randolph
L[ewis] C[arter] R[andolph]
Lewis Carter Randolph
M[artha] J[efferson] T[rist]
Burke
Martha Jefferson
Randolph
Martha Jefferson (Trist)
Burke
Martha Jefferson Trist
Martha JeffersonTrist
Martha [Jefferson]
Randolph
Mary J. Randolph
Mary P. Randolph
Meriwether Lewis Randolph
N[icholas] W[are] Eppes
Robert W. Graves
S[usan] F[rances] [Eppes] Craig
Septimia (Randolph) Meikleham
Septimia Anna Cary
Randolph
Septimia Anna Cary (Randolph)
Meikleham
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham
Septimia Randolph
Susan B. Coolidge
Susan B. Coolidge Lyman
Susannah Randolph
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Mann Randolph Meikleham
V[irginia] J[efferson] [Randolph]
Trist
Virginia (Randolph) Trist
Virginia Jefferson (Randolph)
Trist
Virginia Jefferson Randolph
Trist
Virginia Jefferson Randolph Trist
William Moreland Meikleham
William [Moreland Meikleham]
[Esther] Alice Meikleham
[Jane Hollins Nicholas]
Randolph
[Martha Jefferson
Randolph]
[Martha Jefferson]
Randolph
[Meriwether] Lewis
Randolph
[Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham]
[Thomas Mann] Randolph
[Meikleham]
[Virginia Jefferson Randolph]
Trist
Delray Beach, Florida
Glasgow, Scotland
Havana
Havana, Cuba
Highlands
New Orleans
Pensacola
Pensacola, Florida
Washington, D. C.
"Inventory of my Cloths [sic]," written by
Alice Scott
1799 Dec 17
AMs
Report of school grades for
Septimia Anna Cary
Randolph
[1820s] Apr 21
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph to Mrs.
T. J.
[Jane Hollins Nicholas]
Randolph
1828 Feb 28
ALS
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph to
[Meriwether] Lewis
Randolph
1829 [Oct] 25
ALS
Meriwether Lewis Randolph to
Septimia Anna Cary
Randolph
1830 July 23
ALS
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph to
Susan B. Coolidge
1832 July 8
ALS
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph to
[Martha Jefferson]
Randolph
[1835] Feb 11
ALS
Invitation to Miss
Septimia Randolph to a party at the
University of Virginia
[1836] Oct 7
Bill of Sale to Miss Randolph from
Alex T. Stewart &
Company
1837 June 19
[
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph ] to
Susan B. Coolidge
1838 Jan 6
AL
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph to
Susan B. Coolidge
1838 Feb 16
ALS
Bill of Sale to Miss Randolph from
Alex T. Stewart &
Company
1838 June 15
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham to
Susan B. Coolidge
1839 Nov 3
ALS
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham to
[Virginia Jefferson Randolph]
Trist
1840 June 15
ALS
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham to
Susan B. Coolidge Lyman
[1842] May 12
ALS
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham to
Susan B. Coolidge Lyman
[1843] Oct 22
ALS
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham to [
Martha Jefferson Trist ]
[1843]
ALS
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham to
Susan B. Coolidge Lyman
1844 Jan 18
ALS
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham to
Susan B. Coolidge Lyman
[1844] Mar 28
ALS
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham to
Martha Jefferson Trist
1848 Sep 5
ALS
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham to
Martha JeffersonTrist
[1849] Aug 29
ALS
"Julia" to
Susan B. Coolidge Lyman
[1849] Nov 20
ALS
E. A. Meikleham to
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham
1853 Oct 1
ALS
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham to
Susan B. Coolidge Lyman
[1854] July 23
ALS
E. A. Meikleham to
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham
1854 July 30
ALS
E. A. Meikleham to
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham
1855 Jan 3
ALS
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham to
Susan B. Coolidge Lyman
1855 Sep 1
ALS
A critique of an article in the
New York Daily Tribune of July 26,
1869 related to
Thomas Jefferson , and a description
of
Monticello
[1869]
AMs
Ellen W[ayles Randolph] Coolidge to
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham
1870 Oct 1
ALS
Bill of Sale for land to
Mary J. Randolph included in the
will of
Cornelia Jefferson
Randolph
1871 Feb 24
AMs
Draft of a deed of sale for house
(Walnutfield) and land to
Mary J. Randolph , as provided in
the will of
Cornelia Jefferson
Randolph
1871 July 17
AMs
William [Moreland Meikleham] to
[Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham] , w/env.
1877 Sep 10
ALS
William Moreland Meikleham to
[Esther] Alice Meikleham ,
w/env.
1877 Sep 21
ALS
William Moreland Meikleham to
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham , w/env.
1877 Oct 9
ALS
V[irginia] J[efferson] [Randolph]
Trist to
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham
1878 Nov 20
ALS
Virginia Jefferson Randolph Trist to
E. A. Meikleham
1879 June 12
ALS
Virginia Jefferson Randolph Trist to
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham
1882 Feb 7
ALS
L[ewis] C[arter] R[andolph] to
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham
1882 June 7
ALS
E [ ? ] H[ ? ] to
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham , w/env.
[1882] June 10
ALS
Ellen R. [Coolidge] D[wight] to
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham , w/env.
1882 June 15
ALS
E[lizabeth] M. Eppes ,
S[usan] F[rances] [Eppes] Craig ,
and
N[icholas] W[are] Eppes to
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham , w/env.
1882 July 18
ALS
[Thomas Mann] Randolph
[Meikleham] to
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham
1885 Dec 30
ALS
Thomas Mann Randolph Meikleham to
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham
1887 Jan 3
ALS
John B. Randolph to
E. A. Meikleham
1887 Sep 15
ALS
Invitation to "Mrs. Randolph and Ladies" to a
Ball at the
Central Masonic Hall
n.y. Jan 8
Invitation to Miss
Septimia Randolph for the
Anniversary Ball of the Victory of
New Orleans
n.y. Jan 8
Isaetta C[arter] [Randolph]
Hubard to
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham
n.y. Feb 16
ANS
Virginia Jefferson Randolph
Trist and
C[ornelia] J[efferson] R[andolph] to
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham
n.y. Mar 9
ALS
Jemima Hapgood to
Susan B. Coolidge Lyman
n.y. May 23
ALS
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham to
Susan B. Coolidge Lyman
n.y. May 28
ALS
Virginia Jefferson Randolph
Trist and
M[artha] J[efferson] T[rist]
Burke to
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham
n.y. May 29
ALS
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham to
Susan B. Coolidge Lyman
n.y. Jun 1
ALS
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham to
Susan B. Coolidge Lyman
n.y. Jun 12
ALS
Virginia Jefferson Randolph Trist to
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham
n.y. Jun 17
ALS
Virginia Jefferson Randolph Trist to
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham
n.y. Jul 6
ALS
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham to
Susan B. Coolidge Lyman
n.y. Jul 15
ALS
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham to
Susan B. Coolidge Lyman
n.y. Jul 27
ALS
Virginia Jefferson Randolph Trist to
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham
n.y. Aug 1
ALS
Virginia Jefferson Randolph Trist to
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham
n.y. Aug 4
ALS
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham to
Susan B. Coolidge Lyman
n.y. Aug 6
ALS
Unidentified to "Alice" [E. A.
Meikleham]
n.y. Aug 25
AL
Virginia Jefferson Randolph Trist to
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham
n.y. Sep 3
ALS
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham to
Susan B. Coolidge Lyman
n.y. Sep 18
ALS
Virginia Jefferson Randolph Trist to
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham
n.y. Sep 28
ALS
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham to
Susan B. Coolidge Lyman
n.y. Oct 18
ALS
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham to
Susan B. Coolidge Lyman
n.y. Nov 9
ALS
Virginia Jefferson Randolph Trist to
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham
n.y. Nov 30
ALS
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham to
Susan B. Coolidge Lyman
n.y. Dec 4
ALS
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph to
[Martha Jefferson
Randolph]
n.y. Dec 27
ALS
H[enry] P[arish] M[eikleham] to
"Grandma"
[Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham]
n.y. Dec 31
ALS
Virginia Jefferson Randolph Trist to
Martha Jefferson
Randolph
Wednesday
ALS
D[avid] S[cott] Meikleham to
"Mama"
Friday
ALS
E[llen] W[ayles] [Randolph]
Coolidge to
Septimia Anna Cary
Randolph
n.d.
ALS
Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge to
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham
n.d.
ALS
Mary P. Randolph to
Martha [Jefferson]
Randolph
n.d.
ANS
C[ornelia] J[efferson] R[andolph] to
Septimia Anna Cary
Randolph
n.d.
ANS
"Matilda" to
Septimia Anna Cary
Randolph
n.d.
7 AnsS
Septimia Anna Cary Randolph
Meikleham to
Virginia Jefferson Randolph
Trist (fragment)
n.d.
ALS
Essay on Spanish history
n.d.
AMs
Notes on Spanish history
n.d.
AMs
Poem with notes in Spanish
n.d.
AMs
Composition book with [original?] poems, by
unknown author, signed E.J.M. on first page
n.d.
AMs
Pencil drawings of floor plan [for addition
to a house?]
n.d.
8 items
Covers of notebook belonging to
"Septimia Randolph , Monticello, Dec
7, 1818"
n.d.
Front cover of scrapbook with printed
sketches on inside, including one of
Susannah Randolph
n.d.
Calling cards
n.d.
5 items
Pamphlet, "Lady Washington's Reception Day,"
a description of a painting by
D. Huntington
n.d.
Printed
Eleanora Jefferson Meikleham , and
unidentified man
n.d.
Photographs
Music sheets with autograph words and
melody
n.d.
2 items