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By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: Digges Family Papers, 1779-1886, undated
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-519
Primary Creator: Hill, Will
Other Creators: Calvert, Frances W. R. (1799-1891), Marchant, Eliza
Extent: 6.0 Folders
Arrangement: Arranged in chronological order.
Date Acquired: 11/24/2014
Subjects: American letters--Virginia, Calvert family, Denbigh (Newport News, Va.), Digges family, Genealogy--Research, Hampton (Va.), Hill family, Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834, Mobile (Ala.), Petersburg (Va.), Princess Anne County (Va.), Suffolk (Va.), Warwick County (Va.)
Forms of Material: Correspondence, Fragments, Memoirs, Notes
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Personal letters of the Digges, Calvert, and Hill families, mostly in the areas of Petersburg, Newport News, and Hampton, Virginia.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
Use Restrictions:
The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Source:
Unknown
Preferred Citation:
Digges Family Papers, MSS 0000-519, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed January 6, 2016.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1: Filing Cabinet Manuscripts
- Folder 1: Digges Family Correspondence (Folder 1 of 5), 1779, 1792, undated
- Item 1: Correspondence, unknown to "Dear Constable", 1779 February 13
- Letter concerns Nancy Grymes, Miss Polly, Colonel Digges, the author's brother, and business. Written in Petersburg, Virginia.
- Item 2: Correspondence, unknown to "Dear Constable", 1779 March 2
- Letter mostly concerns business, particularly shipping of cargo. Written in Petersburg, Virginia.
- Item 3: Correspondence, unknown to "Dear Constable", 1779 April 16
- Written in Petersburg, Virginia. Reverse side of page includes another letter, dated April 6, 1779, from Will Hill to merchant Richard Jennings Penniston.
- Item 4: Correspondence, Will Hill to Polly Hill, 1792 February 1
- Written in Petersburg, Virginia.
- Item 5: Correspondence, Will Hill to "My dear Polly", undated
- Item 6: Correspondence, Will Hill to "Dear Polly", undated
- Written in New Market.
- Item 7: Correspondence, Will Hill to William Waddill, undated
- Incomplete letter. Sent to Williamsburg, Virginia.
- Folder 2: Digges Family Correspondence (Folder 2 of 5), 1808, 1819
- Item 1: Correspondence, Mary Hill to Henry Hill, 1808 August 16
- Item 2: Correspondence, Miles Carr to Bassett M. Calvert, 1819 November 28
- Written in Stoney Run and sent to Newport News, Virginia. Postscript written by H. Hill.
- Folder 3: Digges Family Correspondence (Folder 3 of 5), 1820-1825
- Item 1: Correspondence, Sarah Digges to "Dear Frances", 1820 March 8
- Written in Brumfield.
- Item 2: Correspondence, Frances W. R. Calvert to "Dear Sister", 1821 December 28
- Item 3: Correspondence, William Digges to "My Dear Cousin", 1823 March 16
- Sent to York County, Virginia.
- Item 4: Correspondence, Eliza Marchant to "Dear Harriett", 1824 May 7
- Written in Washington Point.
- Item 5: Correspondence, Frances W. R. Calvert to Patrick Henry Hill, 1825 January 1
- Also includes letter from "your affection Sister H. Hill" to Patrick Henry Hill.
- Folder 4: Digges Family Correspondence (Folder 4 of 5), 1840, 1842
- Item 1: Correspondence, William H. Wickes to Frances W. R. Calvert, 1840 August 19
- Written in Mobile, Alabama and sent to Hampton, Virginia.
- Item 2: Correspondence, Mary M. Wickes to Frances W. R. Calvert, 1840 August 19
- Written in Mobile, Alabama.
- Item 3: Correspondence, Eliza Marchant to Frances W. R. Calvert, 1842 February 24
- Sent to Hampton, Virginia.
- Folder 5: Digges Family Correspondence (Folder 5 of 5), 1879, 1886
- Item 1: Correspondence, Benjamin Riddick to Frances W. R. Calvert, 1879 April 15
- Written in Suffolk, Virginia.
- Item 2: Correspondence, F. V. Miller to Frances W. R. Calvert, 1886 September 17
- Written in Princess Anne County, Virginia.
- Item 3: Correspondence, unknown to Reverend I. W. Perry, 1886 September 18
- Written in Lincolnton, North Carolina. Reverse side of page is written in different handwriting and concerns genealogical information about Colonel William Digges of Denbigh, Warwick County, Virginia.
- Folder 6: Digges Family Miscellaneous, undated
- Item 1: Memoir, unknown author, undated
- Handwritten memoir concerns Lafayette's visit to Yorktown on October 19, 1824.
- Item 2: Note, about Digges Coat of arms, undated
- Item 3: Correspondence, fragment of letter, undated
- From "yours in haste with love, Mattie" to Mrs. James M. Blake.
- Item 4: Fragment, undated
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