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Preferred Citation:

Christian Schultz Letter Copybook, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Purchase

Processing Information:

Processed by Ellen Strong in 1992.

Biographical Information:

Christian Schultz is best known for his book Travels on an inland voyage through the states of New-York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, and through the territories of Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi and New-Orleans; performed in the years 1807 and 1808 (New York: Isaac Riley, 1810). By 1819, Schultz had purchased a tract of 25,000 acres on the Ohio River in Wood County, Va. (now West Va.) and had moved there to develop and sell land. His other interests included natural history, agricultural development, politics, religion, and freemasonry. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

Letter copybook of Christian Schultz of Marietta, Ohio and Wood County, Virginia (West Virginia). Includes copies of over 200 letters relating to land speculation, family problems, and natural history. Letters are written to Lewis Cass, DeWitt Clinton, Philip Doddridge, Stephen Girard, Thomas Jefferson, George Lorillard, Jacob Lorillard, Peter Lorillard, Return Jonathan Meigs, James Monroe (on the national character), Richard Channing Moore, Christian Nestell, Robert Owen, Henry R. Schoolcraft, Anna Marie Schultz, [?] Van Rennselaer, newspaper editors, lawyers, family members, and others. Some letters are signed with pseudonyms: A Candid Virginian, Fiat Justitia, A Friend in Virginia, Paulina, Powhatan, Scrutator, and Seneca. 295 pages: bound volume; 22cm.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Correspondence
• Freemasonry--Virginia
• Frontier and pioneer life--United States
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
• Land speculation--Virginia--19th century
• United States--American Authors
• Wood County (W. Va.)--History--19th century

General

Formerly Mss 91 Sch8