Inventory of the Charles D. Tibbetts Papers 1848-1932
A Collection in the
Special Collections Research Center
Accession Number Mss. Acc. 2008.152
Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
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Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to all researchers.
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.
Preferred Citation
Charles D. Tibbetts Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 00/00/2008.
Custodial History
The papers were located in the old Digges House in Mathews, Virginia.
Biographical Note
Probably born in Virginia. Died in Phoebus, Virginia. Participated in the Mexican War. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Charles D. Tibbetts">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Charles D. Tibbetts</a>.
Scope and Contents
Papers of Charles D. Tibbetts who died in Phoebus, Virginia in 1924 at the age of 94 or 96. The collection includes a few financial and personal documents and personal correspondence, but it is mostly correspondence between people involved with Tibbetts' inheritance. Tibbetts enlisted in the army in Richmond, Virginia when he was 17 years old and fought in the Mexican War. Genealogy of the Tibbetts, Stover and Cunningham families are partially shown in the letters searching for heirs.
Arrangement of Materials
Divided by genre, then chronologically.
Index Terms
- Cunningham family.
- Stover family.
- Tibbetts family.
- Correspondence
- Financial records
- United States--Social life and customs
- United States. Army--Appointments, promotions, salaries, etc.
Family Name:
Genre/Form of Material:
Geographic Name:
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Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Carson, Susie B.
- Cunningham, W.N.
- Fuller, P. A.
- Hahn, Virginia K.
- Power, W. H.
- Tibbetts, Charles D., 1827-1924
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- United States--Social life and customs