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Preferred Citation:

Richard P. Taliaferro Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Gift, 1997.28b

Processing Information:

Processed by Ellen Strong in 1998.

Biographical Information:

Richard P. Taliaferro lived in Ware Neck, Virginia. He was married to Fanny Johnson.

Scope and Contents

Collection includes letter, 1910, from Rev. William Byrd Lee, Gloucester C. H., Virginia to Richard P. Taliaferro], stating his willingness to present Taliaferro to the Bishop for confirmation and explaining where to find necessary instruction for confirmation.  Includes a "Book of Common Prayer" which was presented to Taliaferro by F. L. J. (otherwise unidentified).

Related Material

Mss. Acc. 2009.609 Taliaferro Family Papers

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Correspondence
• Episcopal Church--Virginia--Clergy--20th century
• Episcopal Church--Virginia--Gloucester County
• Gloucester County (Va.)--History--20th century
• Prayer books