Page-Saunders Papers Guide to the Page-Saunders Papers Mss. 39.1 P15

Guide to the Page-Saunders Papers Mss. 39.1 P15


[logo]

Special Collections Research Center

spcoll@wm.edu

Finding Aid Authors: Special Collections Staff.

Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
Mss. 39.1 P15
Title
Page-Saunders Papers 1790-1932
Quantity
190.00 Linear Feet
Creator
Saunders, Robert, 1805-1868
Creator
Page family
Creator
Saunders family
Language
English

Administrative Information

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.

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:

Page-Saunders Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Purchase


Biographical Information:

Robert Saunders was born 25 January 1805 in Williamsburg, Virginia. He attended the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia. Saunders served as professor of mathematics at William and Mary from 1833 to 1848 and was president of the college 1847-1848. He was a captain in the Confederate States Army, head of Eastern State Hospital, mayor of Willamsburg, vestryman of Bruton Parish and served in the Virginia State Senate. Saunders married Lucy Burwell Page in 1828 and had, among other children, Roberta Saunders and Robert Page Saunders. He died 11 September 1868. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers of members of the Page and Saunders families. Includes correspondence of Margaret Lowther Page of "Rosewell," Gloucester County, Va. and Williamsburg, Va. with her daughter Lucy Burwell Page Saunders and her son-in-law Robert Saunders. The collection includes a diary, 1826, of Robert Saunders while on a trip from New York to Le Havre; published stories of Lucy Burwell Page Saunders; manuscript stories by Roberta Saunders; and correspondence of Robert Page Saunders. There are references to Benjamin Stoddert Ewell and to the College of William and Mary in the papers; a letter, 16 February 1816, written by William Wirt to Robert Saunders; and letters from Sally M. Galt of Williamsburg.

Arrangement of Materials:

Organization: This collection is organized into 4 Series. Series 1 contains Correspondence; Series 2 contains papers concerning estates; Series 3 contains writings; and Series 4 contains miscellaneous material. Arrangement: This collection is arranged mostly chronologically.

Related Material

See also; Augustine Smith Papers (Mss. Sm. Coll. Smith) for letters from Dr. A. Smith to Alice Page, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae
  • College of William and Mary--History--19th century
  • Correspondence
  • Diaries
  • Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, 1810-1894
  • Legal documents
  • Manuscripts (document genre)
  • Photographs
  • Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century

General

Other Information:

Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00059.frame

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, 1810-1894
  • Saunders, Robert, 1805-1868

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century

Container List

id169707
Series 1: Correspondence, 1790-1933, undated
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id169709
    Letters, 1790-1865.
    Scope and Contents

    30 items.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id169710
      William Nelson, Jr. York County, Virginia, to Robert Saunders, 2 March
      1790
      Scope and Contents

      2 pages on 1 leaf. Autograph letter signed. Lawsuits and money owed.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id169712
      William Clairborne, at Richmond, to Robert Saunders, at Williamsburg, 18 August
      1790
      Scope and Contents

      2 pages on 1 leaf. Autograph letter signed. Escape of Yarbrough who owes money to Blair from jail. Willing to give Yarbrough a year longer if can get deed of trust.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id169714
      Margaret Page, at Rosewell, Gloucester County, Virginia, to her sister, Mrs. McLaine, at Edenton, North Carolina, 22 February
      1796
      Scope and Contents

      3 pages on one leaf. Bears seal. Death of her sister's fiancé. Can't visit but entreats sister to come to her to live. Arrival of General Wayne in Philadelphia. Can she get a letter to sister Penny and Mr. Dawson. Health of her children, Gregory and Peggy.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id169716
      William Wirt, at Richmond, to Robert Saunders, at Williamsburg. Encloses W. B. Cabell's bond (not present), 16 February
      1816
      Scope and Contents

      1 page. Autograph letter signed.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id169718
      Margaret Page, Williamsburg, to Mrs. Lowther, at Edenton, North Carolina, March 18
      1818
      Scope and Contents

      Sister. Illness of her poor Barbara. Peggy helped. 4 children. Herrings. Dr. and Mrs. Sawyer. Unhappy by late proceedings of President and Professors. General impression their conduct equally reprehensible as that of the students. Sorry Samuel signed remonstrance. She would have tried to stop him. Boards with Mr. Tazewell. Piece in Enquirer. Mrs. Byrd's accounts of lots in Lynchburg. Will retract two words. Note: This letter refers to the reprehensible conduct of the faculty and students of William and Mary College.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id169721
      Margaret Page, Williamsburg, to Mrs. Lowther, at Edenton, North Carolina, September 17
      1818
      Scope and Contents

      Scope and Contents Margaret Page, Williamsburg, to Mrs. Lowther, at Edenton, North Carolina. Worried re: her. Death of Chancellor Nelson. My John visiting springs. Lucy, Barbara and myself went to Gloster Gloucester County, Virginia Expectation of visiting Peggy. Waiting for payment for Grain sale. Lucy delighted at thoughts of visiting William. Dr. Hare appointed Professor of Chemistry at Medical College at Philadelphia. Dear William, Maria and Mr. Skinner. Illegible SAR handwriting Mr. Skinner returned here.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id169723
      Margaret Page, at Williamsburg, to Mrs. Lowther, at Edenton, North Carolina, 16 April
      1819
      Scope and Contents

      3 pages on 1 leaf. Birth of Maria's Skinner child. Condition of her shoulder that was operated on 12 years before. Invites her and our dear William to visit. Daughter Barbara has returned from Richmond and granddaughter Peggy, tho unable to walk is thought by physicians to be in a fair way of perfect recovery. Rest of her children quite well.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id169724
      Margaret Page, at Elmington, Gloucester County, to Mrs. Lowther, at Edenton, North Carolina, 23 September
      1819
    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id169726
      Margaret Page, Williamsburg, to Mrs. Lowther, at Edenton, North Carolina, 13 August
      1819
      Scope and Contents

      Death of Mrs. Henry Skipwith. (Elizabeth Byrd). Extreme heat. Son has left.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id169729
      Margaret Page, at Elmington, Gloucester County, to Mrs. Lowther, at Edenton, North Carolina, 23 September
      1819
      Scope and Contents

      3 pages on 1 leaf. Her sister's health. At Elmington visiting daughter. Granddaughter Peggy still unable to use leg. Son John has situated at Union Town, Monroe County, Virginia near White and Sweet Sulphur Springs. Disappointed to hear from Mr. Blair that Mr. Skinner has been in Richmond and she had not seen him. "Lucy is delighted at the thought of having William's picture...wishes above all things to see the little Penelope." "Present us most affectionately to our beloved Maria and William... Kiss for us all the sweet little Pen."

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id170847
      Margaret Page, at Williamsburg, to her son, John Page, at Union Town, Monroe County, Virginia, 19 January
      1820
      Scope and Contents

      4 pages on 1 leaf. " . . . as I am sensible of the deep Interest you take in our dear Lucy's improvement, hasten to inform you that on the 11th Mr. Morse (the gentleman who boarded at Mrs. Peachy's open'd a school for the education of young ladies. . . "Mr. Fontaine ... had much skill in gardening and publish'd a garden calendar for every Month in the Year a Manuscript Copy of which I ought to have among my Papers. The great Botanist Clayton of whom you also enquire was well known to your Father. . . He resided either in glister or Middlesex . . . I heard the remains of his Garden frequently spoken of, as being at no great Distance. . . " Mr. Clayton's grandson. Death of Mrs. Andrews and terms of her will. Tuckers are relieved from anxiety on Mrs. Cabell's account. Sally Tazewell to be married to Mr. Goode. Mayo advertised the revised code and as I requested Mr. Blair (he having both Cooper Jemmy's and Wison's hire for the last year in his hands) to get and pay for the copy I engaged and send it on to you.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id170867
      S. G. P. Saratoga to Cousin Miss Lucy B. Page, Williamsburg, Virginia, 21 May
      1827
      Scope and Contents

      2 pages on 1 leaf. Glad to hear people in Williamsburg interested in religion. Would like more rhymes from E. G. G.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id170906
      Robert Saunders, at Williamsburg, to William P. Saunders, at New York, 18 June
      1835
      Scope and Contents

      3 pages on 1 leaf. Appreciates his sympathy at death of his father (William's uncle). Bequest under will. Left money and watch with chain and one seal.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id170909
      [?] Page, at Williamsburg, to Mrs. Lucy B. Saunders, at Staunton, Virginia Margaret Page to her daughter, Mrs. Lucy B. Saunders. Barbara Page to her sister, Mrs. Lucy B. Saunders, 12 August
      1835
      Scope and Contents

      Trial of Dr. Ducachet (Episcopal minister).

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id170911
      Margaret Page to her daughter, Mrs. Lucy B. Saunders, at Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia, August 14
      1835
      Scope and Contents

      Scope and Contents Rains. Thunder cloud. Dr. Ducachet honorably acquitted. Horrible mob in Baltimore. note says one of last letters Margaret Lowther Page wrote

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id170914
      Robert Saunders, at Williamsburg, to Mrs. Robert Saunders, at Bowling Green, Caroline County, 1 August
      1838
      Scope and Contents

      Pleased at continued recovery of daughter. Dr. P at Jamestown. Cannot get away due to accident with boat to return to Bowling Green where daughter, Sally Cary is ill. Health of friends in Williamsburg. Hot, hot weather there.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id170916
      L. A. Page, at Greenland, Gloucester County, to Misses Page, at Williamsburg, 13 May
      1853
      Scope and Contents

      Clothes she is sewing and clothes she is sending. Mentions what others have been wearing. Fears confinement of teaching will be too much for you.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id170920
      Aunt Barbara Page, at Staunton, to Page Saunders [?], 25 September
      1860
      Scope and Contents

      Has been to hear Cousin Robert Nelson preach. Staunton Institute opens tomorrow. Mrs. Forest has female teacher from the North who taught in Mississippi and Memphis and knew Kate Millington. . . she is keeping a boy's school but it is in town at the Academy."

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id170922
      Robert Saunders, at Williamsburg, to his son Robert Page Saunders, 13 May
      1861
      Scope and Contents

      4 pages on 1 leaf. Three fortifications going up in our immediate neighborhood. Blockade in Virginia. College closed two days ago. Description of defenses at Gloucester Point, Yorktown and Jamestown. Blockade intended to worry people out of a vote for secession. Ewell has commenced erection of plank huts on field on College Landing road. Typescript available.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id170925
      Robert Saunders, at Williamsburg, to Robert Page Saunders, 13 November
      1861
      Scope and Contents

      4 pages on 1 leaf. Is no longer president of the railroad. Mr. Wilmer is chaplain of Ewell's regiment. Professor Morrison died of typhoid fever. Corrects his French.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id170927
      Robert Saunders, at Richmond, to his daughter, Lelia L. Saunders, 1 February
      1863
      Scope and Contents

      Has had place in Treasury Dept. conferred on him. Not pleased with position but friends worked so hard to get it for him, he will keep it for awhile to see if he can advance. Mrs. Minnigerode remains unwell.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id170930
      Robert Saunders, at Richmond, to Lelia L. Saunders, 4 March
      1863
      Scope and Contents

      4 pages on 1 leaf. Bad weather. Mrs. General Gaines. Has not seen Lizzie Ewell but has seen Mr. Stoddert.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id170933
      Robert Saunders, at Richmond, to his son, Robert Page Saunders, 22 March
      1863
      Scope and Contents

      Son's demerits at Virginia Military Institute.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id170937
      Robert Saunders, at Richmond, to his wife, Lucy Page Saunders, 19 April
      1863
      Scope and Contents

      2 pages on 1 leaf. Wise is a little above Williamsburg. Probably not going to attack Fort Magruder. Col. Tabb's skirmish at Whitaker's Mill. Went around Williamsburg and Fort Magruder by way of Tutter's Neck. Could have taken Fort Magruder earlier. Mrs. Morison's porch hit by shell.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id170939
      Robert Saunders, at Pittsylvania Court House, to Robert Page Saunders, 18 May
      1863
      Scope and Contents

      2 pages on 1 leaf. Has sent money to Gen. Smith. Yankees retook possession of Williamsburg after Gen. Wise left it.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id170943
      Robert Saunders, at Richmond, to his wife, Lucy Page Saunders, 24 May
      1863
      Scope and Contents

      Invited to get some of Miss Rebecca's good tea. Visited General Ewell who is installed on house on Franklin Street near Eighth and just opposite Mrs. Stanard's. Found Lizzie there.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id170945
      Robert Saunders, at Richmond, to his daughter, Page Saunders, 10 June
      1863
      Scope and Contents

      2 pages on 1 leaf. Has visited Ewell's.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id170948
      Robert Saunders, at Richmond, to his wife, Lucy Page Saunders, 22 June
      1863
      Scope and Contents

      Incomplete. Description of Ashland. Visit to the household of Bishop Johns and lists who lives there. Has been offered new position (quartermaster).

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id170952
      Robert Saunders, at Liberty, Bedford County, to his daughter, Lelia Saunders, 7 August
      1863
      Scope and Contents

      Description of his travels in his new position as quartermaster collecting taxes.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id170954
      Robert Saunders, at Williamsburg, to Lelia Saunders, 10 August
      1865
      Scope and Contents

      Wants pardon, land back and something to do.

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id170957
    Letters, 1873-1933.
    Scope and Contents

    25 items.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id170960
      Sally M. Galt, at Williamsburg, to Robert Page Saunders, 3 October
      1873
      Scope and Contents

      Celebration of 100th anniversary of Asylum will be 12 October 1873. First patient admitted.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id170962
      Sally M. Galt, at Williamsburg, to Mrs. Lucy Page Saunders, 13 October
      1873
      Scope and Contents

      Scope and Contents Incomplete. Sends enclosed invitations to Robert? Description of wedding.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id170967
      Sally M. Galt to [?], 10 November
      1873
      Scope and Contents

      Invites someone to be guest.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id170970
      Sally M. Galt to [?], 14 July
      1874
      Scope and Contents

      News of friends. Dick Coke to be senator from Texas. Description of wedding.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id170975
      Sally M. Galt, at Williamsburg, Virginia, to Mrs. Lucy Page Saunders, 14 July
      1876
    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id170979
      S. M. Galt, at Richmond, Virginia, to Mrs. Lucy Page Saunders, 16 January
      1877
      Scope and Contents

      Bad weather. Leonora. Death of Mary Booth. Death of Alice Brown Hammond, nee Hankins.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id170981
      S. M. Galt, at Williamsburg, to Mrs. Lucy Page Saunders, 17 September
      1879
      Scope and Contents

      Gabriella is too sick to attend to putting up the stone.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id170984
      Lucy Burwell Saunders, at Louise Home, Washington, D.C., to her son Robert L.P. Saunders, at Baltimore, Maryland, 1 March
      1880
      Scope and Contents

      "Says Dr. Power wrote to ask her to let Jno. Tyler and his daughter rent rooms in the house but she refused. What can he want there I wonder. He was so intemperate in this city before he left and had his daughter with him." Wants him to contact publisher in Baltimore to see if he would put story for Indian mission of Bp. Whipple.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id170986
      Sally M. Galt, at Williamsburg, Virginia, to Mrs. Lucy Page Saunders, 24 June
      1880
      Scope and Contents

      Delia Braithwaite and her flock. Kindness of Braithwaites to her in her illness. Intends to be in Baltimore on the 11th. Visit from Rev. William Pettus of Kentucky. Protege of Prof. Ro. Saunders. Mrs. Minnegerode has sent me the dr's. sermons.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id170990
      Lucy Burwell Saunders, at Louise Home, Washington, D.C., to her son Robert L.P. Saunders, 1 October
      1880
    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id170995
      Henry B. Michie, at Macaria, to Robert Saunders, 24 December
      1882
      Scope and Contents

      Appreciate subscription to the Nation.(Christmas present.)

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id171000
      Lucy Burwell Saunders, at Yorktown, to Page Saunders, 30 June
      1883
      Scope and Contents

      Visits. Hard times in Williamsburg. Even in Yorktown vegetables and ice very high. Food is scarce in Williamsburg. Lack of money.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id171005
      M.J. Griffin, at Hickory Fork, Gloucester County, to Robert Saunders, 27 December
      1883
      Scope and Contents

      Thanks for Life of Caesar. Burning of house at Shelly.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id171014
      Cornelia F. Taylor, at Viareggio, Toscana, Italy, to Mrs. Saunders, December
      1884
      Scope and Contents

      Elaborate letterhead. Cholera epidemic. Illness of family. Uncle. His son "our poor feeble-minded one is of course a great charge.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id171020
      James Weaver, at Boston, Miss Page Saunders, 4 March
      1886
      Scope and Contents

      Has brought place in Hampton.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id171027
      Elizabeth S. Ewell, at Georgetown, D.C., to Page Saunders, 12 September
      1888
      Scope and Contents

      Has dispatched sketch. Want of means makes no difference in the Southern manners. Lizzie wrote that Ewell has gone to Texas. Neither herself or her father like it. Mr. Scott does on Ewell's account.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id171033
      Philemon H. Tuck, at Baltimore, to Robert P. Saunders, at Baltimore, 4 February
      1907
      Scope and Contents

      Mortgage rates.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id171036
      Lycett, at Baltimore, Maryland, to R. P. Saunders, at Baltimore, 2 October
      1913
      Scope and Contents

      Subscription to Maryland Churchman. Enclosure: An advertisement of Lycett, stationer.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id171043
      Laura N. Mann, at Washington, D.C., to R. P. Saunders, at Baltimore, Maryland, 12 November
      1918
      Scope and Contents

      Telegram. Death of Mrs. Capron.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id171047
      John MacKaye Dunbar, at Washington, D.C., to Robert Saunders, at Baltimore, Maryland, 28 April
      1919
      Scope and Contents

      Thanks for bread and cheese. Received iron.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id171049
      Annie M. Baker, Baltimore, Maryland, to Robert P. Saunders, at Baltimore, Maryland, 6 September
      1919
      Scope and Contents

      Payment for mortgage.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id171053
      John MacKaye Dunbar, at Washington, D.C., to Robert Page Saunders, at Baltimore, Maryland, 5 December
      1919
      Scope and Contents

      Wants to hear from him concerning his health.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id171057
      Annie M. Baker, Baltimore, Maryland, to Robert P. Saunders, 10 December
      1919
      Scope and Contents

      Carmody mortgage.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id171062
      John MacKaye Dunbar, to Robert Page Saunders, 29 December
      1919
      Scope and Contents

      Glad he feels so well. Wishes they could send box of eats and check.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id171071
      M. W. Mercer, Louise Home, Washington, D.C., to Lucy Page Poindexter, 27 August
      1933
      Scope and Contents

      8 pages on four leaves. Afraid she has mislead Lucy Page concerning her health statement. Talks about what her health statement said. Good health for my age.

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 3 id171077
    Letters, undated.
    Scope and Contents

    23 items.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 3 id171083
      Lucy Poindexter, at Buchanan, Botetourt County, Virginia, to Robert P. Saunders, at Baltimore, Maryland
      no date
      Scope and Contents

      Lucy teaching in Fincastle. Wants Page book. Jack Munford's death.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 3 id171086
      Lelia Saunders, at Richmond, to her mother, Lucy Page Saunders
      no date
    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 3 id171088
      Lelia Saunders, at Chatham, to her sister, Page Saunders
      no date
    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 3 id171093
      Lelia Saunders, at Oaklands, Frederick County, Virginia, to Page Saunders
      no date
    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 3 id171095
      Lucy Burwell Saunders, at Severn View, Gloucester County, Virginia, to Page Saunders, at Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia
      no date
    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 3 id171102
      Lucy Burwell Saunders, at Louise Home, Washington, D.C., to her son Robert Leslie P. Saunders
      no date
      Scope and Contents

      6 letters. 1 postcard.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 3 id171107
      Page Saunders, at Lexington, to Robert Saunders
      no date
    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 3 id171110
      Page Saunders, at Georgetown, to Robert L. P. Saunders, at Baltimore, Maryland
      no date
    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 3 id171112
      Page Saunders, at Washington, to Robert Saunders
      no date
    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 3 id171114
      Robert Saunders, at Williamsburg, to his daughter, Lelia Louisa Saunders, at Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia
      no date
    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 3 id171119
      Robert Saunders to his wife, Lucy Page Saunders
      no date
      Scope and Contents

      Incomplete.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 3 id171122
      Robert Saunders, at Williamsburg, to his daughter, Margaret P. Saunders, at Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia
      no date
    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 3 id171125
      Lizzie i.e. Elizabeth Scott, at Williamsburg, to Page Saunders
      no date
    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 3 id171127
      Elizabeth Williams to Miss Lucy [?]
      no date
    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 3 id171128
      Emma [?] to Mrs. L. W. Poindexter
      no date
    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 3 id171129
      [?], at Elk Hill, to Page Saunders
      no date
      Scope and Contents

      Incomplete.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 3 id171132
      Incomplete letter
      no date
      Scope and Contents

      Incomplete.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 3 id171134
      Portions of letter probably from Sally M. Galt to Mrs. Lucy Page Saunders
      no date
      Scope and Contents

      5 items.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 3 id171139
      One unidentified letter
      no date
      Scope and Contents

      Incomplete.

id171143
Series 2: Papers Concerning Estates.
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 4 id171145
    Papers Concerning Estates, 1887-1925.
    Scope and Contents

    13 items. 2 letters.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 4 id171147
      Saunders (Mrs. Lucy B. P.) Administrator's account
      1887
      Scope and Contents

      3 items.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 4 id171149
      Saunders (Robert P)
      1925
      Scope and Contents

      2 letters.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 4 id171153
      Saunders (Roberta Page)
      1894-1900
      Scope and Contents

      10 items. Includes will.

id171161
Series 3: Writings, 1872-1876.
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 5 id171157
    Writings of Mrs. Lucy Page Saunders, 1872-1876 and the Writings of Miss Roberta Page Saunders, no date.
    Scope and Contents

    6 items.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 5 id171165
      Lucy Page: Leonora and the ghost...Baltimore, Charles Harvey & Co.
      1876
      Scope and Contents

      23 pages. 18.5 cm.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 5 id171169
      Lucy Page: Dora Lee or the visit to Montpelier...Baltimore, Charles Harvey & Co.
      1872
      Scope and Contents

      83 pages. 15.5 cm. Note: Signature of Robert P. Saunders on back of front cover and on fly leaf.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 5 id171171
      Roberta Page Saunders: A lost picture
      no date
      Scope and Contents

      8 sheets. Manuscript. Also a newspaper clipping of an article by B. J. Lossing regarding the subject of this picture which hung in the library of Robert Saunders of Williamsburg, Virginia. 1 item.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 5 id171174
      Roberta Page Saunders: Was it only a dream
      no date
      Scope and Contents

      6 sheets. Manuscript.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 5 id171176
      Roberta Page Saunders: The doll's wedding and a Virginia war episode
      no date
      Scope and Contents

      12 pages. Manuscript.

    • Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 5 id171183
      An incomplete manuscript of a short story by an unknown person
      no date
      Scope and Contents

      Margaret Lowther Page: Journal & Poems, 1790. Physical Location: Removed to Rare Books.

id171214
Series 4: Miscellaneous, 1813-1879.
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 6 id171221
    War of 1812 Documents: Inspection return of Captain Robert Saunders' Williamsburg volunteers
    1813
    Scope and Contents

    1 item.

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 6 id171223
    War of 1812 Documents: Accounts of John Stafford of Giles County, Virginia
    1818-1833
    Scope and Contents

    2 items.

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 6 id171226
    Diary of Robert Saunders, Jr.
    1826
    Scope and Contents

    68 pages of which 28 were used. 6.25 x 4 inches.

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 6 id171229
    Wills: Copy of the will of Robert Saunders
    1834
    Scope and Contents

    1 item.

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 6 id171342
    Wills: Copy of the will of John Page
    1836
    Scope and Contents

    1 item.

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 6 id171343
    Certificate of appointment of Robert Saunders as a director of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum.
    1851
    Scope and Contents

    1 item.

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 6 id171344
    Papers concerning death of Lelia Saunders: Obituaries of Lelia Saunders
    1866
    Scope and Contents

    2 items.

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 6 id171371
    Papers concerning the death of Lelia Saunders: Reflections by Mrs. Lucy Page Saunders upon the death of Lelia Sanders
    1867
    Scope and Contents

    1 item.

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 6 id171372
    Papers concerning the death of Robert Saunders: Obituary of Robert Saunders
    1868
    Scope and Contents

    1 item.

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 6 id171375
    Papers concerning the death of Robert Saunders: Resolutions upon the death of Robert Saunders, d. September 11, 1868?
    1868
    Scope and Contents

    2 items.

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 6 id171377
    Papers concerning the death of Robert Saunders: Tribute to Robert Saunders
    1868
    Scope and Contents

    1 item. This tribute is written on the flyleaf of a copy of the Book of Common Prayer.

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 6 id171379
    Papers concerning the death of Robert Saunders: Reflections on the death of M.H. Lawrence, sister of Robert Saunders
    no date
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 6 id171380
    Copyright certificate of the book Dora Lee by L. Page Saunders
    1872
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 6 id171381
    Deed given by the College of William and Mary to Lucy B. Saunders covering a portion of a lot in Williamsburg
    1872
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 6 id171382
    Newspaper clipping from the Sunday Herald , Washington D.C.
    1873
    Scope and Contents

    Concerns William W. Corcoran.

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 6 id171383
    Pencil sketch of the house in which Mariane Saunders Wilmer lived
    no date
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 6 id171219
    War of 1812 Documents: Muster roll of troop of cavalry under the command of Captain Robert Saunders
    1813
    Scope and Contents

    1 item.

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 7 id171385
    Greeting cards
    no date
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 7 id171388
    Verse
    no date
    Scope and Contents

    10 items. Includes a book of quotations which probably belonged to Mrs. Lucy Page Saunders.

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 7 id171390
    Other papers
    no date
    Scope and Contents

    26 items. Includes memorandum book.

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 7 id171391
    Photographs and prints
    no date
    Scope and Contents

    15 items.

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 7 id171397
    Fragments and envelopes
    no date
    Scope and Contents

    6 items.

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 7 id171400
    Margaret Lowther's copy of Poems on Several Occasions
    no date
    Scope and Contents

    In fragile condition. Title page torn. Written by Dr. Thomas Parnell, Late Arch-Deacon of Clogher and published by Mrs. Pope.

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 7 id171178
    Genealogical notes
    no date
    Scope and Contents

    2 items.

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 8
    Margaret Lowther Page Poems Copy - Identification of People
    Scope and Contents

    Copies from microfilm of Margaret Lowther Page Poems (PS 814 P3) with identification of some people by Margaret Cook, Special Collections.

Series 5: Autograph Albums
English.
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 Folder: 1
    Roberta Page Saunders Autograph Album
    1853-1867
    Scope and Contents

    Autograph album includes signatures of Professor Holmes and others. Williamsburg area. 90 pages.

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 Folder: 2
    Barbara Maria Page Autograph Album
    1830-1866
    Scope and Contents

    Barbara Maria Page was the daughter of John Page, Governor of Virginia. Signatures with prose include James Madison, President of the United States; Dolly Madison; William & Mary presdents Adam Empie and Thomas Roderick Dew; William & Mary professor C. de la Pena; Bishop Richard Channing Moore; and others. Includes notes on the album, 1938, by donor, L.P.W. Poindexter.

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 Folder: 3
    Mary Lou Saunders Photograph Album
    1845-1846
    Scope and Contents

    Autograph album of Mary Lou Saunders, a student at Nashville Female Academy. Purchased from Charles F. Heartman of Hattiesburg, Mississippi in February 1938.

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 Folder: 4
    Lucy Burwell Page Autograph Album
    1827-1877
    Scope and Contents

    Includes signatures of Nathaniel Beverley Tucker, St. George Tucker, A. Empie and others. Most autographs are initials.