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Robert E. Waller Notebook, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

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Robert E. Waller

Scope and Contents

Contains Latin notes (Tacitus), scattered diary entries (concerning weather, farming and court business), drafts of deeds and agreements, drafts of speeches by Waller while running for commonwealth's attorney of Spotsylvania County and accounts, concerning corn and the rebuilding of Waller's Church. Includes a folder of loose Waller family items which concern the War of 1812, the Baptist Church and the Readjuster Party.

Inventory of loose items available in library.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Baptists--Virginia--History
• Daybooks
• Latin language--Study and teaching
• Notebooks
• Readjuster Party of Virginia
• Spotsylvania County (Va.)--History--19th century
• United States--History--War of 1812
• Virginia--Climate