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Preferred Citation:

Henry Alexander Wise Letter to Robert S. Chilton, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

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Ellen Strong created the finding aid in 2000.

Biographical Information:

H. A. Wise (1806-1876) was a Virginia Governor and US Representative. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:

Scope and Contents

Letter from H. A. Wise, House of Representatives, Washington DC, to Robert S. Chilton, New York, in which he talks about dueling.

Related Material

See also the Henry A. Wise Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

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Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Correspondence
• Dueling
• Dueling--Virginia
• United States--Politics and Government
• Virginia--Governors