Flora Adams Darling papers Guide to the Flora Adams Darling papers Mss. 39.1 D25

Guide to the Flora Adams Darling papers Mss. 39.1 D25


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Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
Mss. 39.1 D25
Title
Flora Adams Darling papers 1862-1908 1890-1908
Quantity
28.34 Linear Feet, 20 boxes
Alternate Extent Statement
4700 items
Creator
Darling, Flora Adams, 1840-1910
Creator
Goodwin, William Archer Rutherfoord, 1869-1939
Creator
Mahone, William, 1826-1895
Creator
Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation:

Flora Adams Darling papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Acquisition Information:

Gift: 4,536 items, 1908. Accession Number 1993.59; Gift: 50 items, 1993.


Biographical Information:

Flora Adams Darling (1840–1910) was born on July 25, 1840. A descendant of Henry Adams, Darling's family settled in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1636. She married Colonel Edward Irving Darling on March 12, 1860, and went with him to live in Louisiana. He died of wounds received in battle on December 2, 1863. Her only son was Edward Erving Darling, a musician-composer, who died July 13, 1894. Mrs. Darling suffered from repeated attacks of malarial fever and, after 1876, from deafness. Her years of widowhood were spent writing letters, or memoirs of the Civil War, A Social Diplomat and other books.

From 1889 to 1896, her major interests and efforts were devoted to the founding of women's patriotic societies. Mrs. Darling's interest in organizing patriotic societies is illustrated by the rapid succession with which the societies followed each other: Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) founded October 11, 1890; Daughters of the Revolution (D.R.) founded June 18, 1891; Daughters of the United States of the War of 1812, founded January 8, 1892; founded because of disagreement over policies of the D. A. R., policies adopted over the protest of Mrs. Darling. Flora Adams Darling died on January 6, 1910. This collection is composed primarily of letters written to her during these years of controversy.

Scope and Contents

The collection includes correspondence primarily between 1890-1908, of Flora (Adams) Darling, concerning the founding of the Daughters of the American Revolution, General Society of Daughters of the Revolution, National Society, and the United States Daughters of 1812. Correspondents include Edward William Bok, Jessie Benton Fremont, William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin, George Frisbie, John Tyler Morgan, William Mahone, Alexander Hamilton Stephens, and Lyon Gardiner Tyler.

Also contained in the collection is family correspondence, letters from Spanish Ambassador E. Dupuy deLome, Mrs. Darling's writings, and correspondence about her gifts to Bruton Parish Church, William & Mary, as well as newspaper clippings.

Acc. 2008.225 addition is a research paper by Robert P. Sutton, a graduate student in the Department of History, entitled "Darling Papers"; which describes this collection and includes transcriptions of many letters. 

Arrangement of Materials:

The collection is organized by subject in 7 series. Series 1 contains letters and information pertaining to the Daughters of the American Revolution; series 2 contains letters and information pertaining to the Daughters of the Revolution; series 3 contains letters and information pertaining to the Daughters of 1812; series 4 contains official correspondence, bills, and reports; series 5 contains personal letters, series 6 containsother papers and series 7 contains genealogical material, photographs, scrapbook and printed materials.

Related Material

Artifacts added to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection (Mss. 1.03) include: Miniature American Flag (Mss 39.1D25.A01) and Daughters of the Revolution Ribbon (Mss. 39.1D25.A02).

See also letters to Lyon G. Tyler, 1905-1909, concerning the College of William and Mary, historical matters, gifts to the College Library, fund raising writings, portraits of Flora Adams Darling and Jefferson Davis in the President's Office Files, c. 1888-1935, under "Fund raising-Flora Adams Darling." Archives Acc. 1984.19. (27 items)

Grover Cleveland Collection (SC, SCRC)

Separated Material

Artifacts added to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection (Mss. 1.03) include: Miniature American Flag (Mss 39.1D25.A01) and Daughters of the Revolution Ribbon (Mss 39.1D25.A02).


Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Correspondence
  • Daughters of the American Revolution
  • Financial records
  • Letters (correspondence)
  • National Society, United States Daughters of 1812
  • United States--History--War of 1812
  • United States--Revolutionary War--1775-1783

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Darling, Flora Adams, 1840-1910
  • Goodwin, William Archer Rutherfoord, 1869-1939
  • Mahone, William, 1826-1895
  • Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935

Container List

id165044
Series 1: Daughters of the American Revolution
1890-1905
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id166233
    Letters Concerning the DAR
    1890
    Scope and Contents

    Letter of Mrs. Darling setting forth her views on establishing an organization along the lines of the Daughters of the American Revolution, August 30, 1890. The letter also gives her lineal descent from Andrew Adams of Braintree, Massachusetts. October 11, 1890 is the accepted date of the founding of the Daughters of the American Revolution. This folder contains letters of congratulation from the heads of state societies of the Sons of the American Revolution. Letters from early participants in the movement, e.g., Mr. O. McDowell of New York, October 22, 1890; Mrs. Sara A. Pryor (wife of Roger Pryor) of New York, October 20, 1890; Mrs. William D. Cabell of Washington, D. C., November 10, and October 23, 1890; Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth of Washington, D. C., November 8, 1890.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1.2
      Letters Concerning the DAR
      1890
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id166234
    Letters to Mrs. Darling concerning the founding of a New York chapter of the DAR
    1891 January-February
    Scope and Contents

    One letter by Mrs. Darling.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2.2
      Letters
      1891 January
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2.3
      Letters
      1891 February
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id166235
    Letters to Mrs. Darling on DAR matters
    1891 March
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3.2
      Letters to Flora Adams Darling concerning the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)
      1891 March
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id166236
    Letters to Mrs. Darling
    1891 April
    Scope and Contents

    Includes a letter from Mrs. Roby of Chicago, April 18, 1891. Roby was active in the Grand Army of the Republic.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4.2
      Letters to Mrs. Darling concerning the DAR
      1891 April
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 id166237
    Letters to Mrs. Darling
    1891 May-June
    Scope and Contents

    Includes a letter dated June 10 from Mrs. Roby reveals the basis for the internal controversy then raging in the DAR.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5.2
      Letters
      1891 May
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5.3
      Letters
      1891 June
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 id166238
    Letters to Mrs. Darling
    1891 July-October
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents

    This group of letters reveals the cause of Mrs. Darling's resignation from the DAR and her motives in founding the Daughters of the Revolution.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6.2
      Letters to Mrs. Darling concerning the DAR
      1891 July - 1891 October
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7 id166239
    Letters to Mrs. Darling
    1892-1906
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents

    See also the fourteen page Manuscript (MSS) by Mrs. Darling on the founding of the DAR, D. R. and U.S. Daughters of 1812. Also contains a group of letters with threats of legal action relative to the founding of the DAR, and a letter from William O. McDowell, who at one time was asked to resign from the S.A.R.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7.2
      Letters to Mrs. Darling concerning the DAR
      1892-1898
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7.3
      Letters to Mrs. Darling concerning the DAR
      1900-1906
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id166240
    Undated letters to Mrs. Darling
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8.2
      Undated letters to Mrs. Darling concerning the DAR
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9 id166242
    DAR constitutions, resolutions, applications for membership, announcements and invitations
    undated
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents

    The printed constitution of the S. A. R. with marginal notes by Mrs. Darling. This was used as the basis of the DAR constitution. Also corrected printer's proofs of the first DAR constitution included are the two printed copies of the first DAR constitution.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9.2
      Papers concerning the constitution of the society
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9.3
      Resolutions
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9.4
      Applications for membership
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9.5
      Announcements and invitations to meetings and ceremonies
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10 id166243
    Statement by Mrs. Darling setting forth her position in the controversy over the "true history" of the founding of the DAR
    undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10.2
      Papers containing information on the organization and history of the DAR
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 11 id166244
    Four MSS notebooks of Mrs. Darling's containing notes on the history of the DAR
    undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 11.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 11.2
      Four MSS notebooks of Mrs. Darling's containing notes on the history of the DAR
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 12 id166245
    " The Founding and Organization of the Daughters of the American Revolution" (1901)
    1901
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents

    Two copies of Mrs. Darling's book: The Founding and Organization of the Daughters of the American Revolution (1901). Pamphlet by Mary Desha, Mrs. Darling's anathema, on the founding of the DAR, 1901.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 12.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 12.2
      Founding and organization of the DAR, by Flora Adams Darling
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 12.3
      The true story of the origin of the national society of the daughters of the American revolution, by Mary Desha
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 12.4
      Subscription blank and notice to newspaper editors
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 13 id166248
    Report of the DAR 1890-1897, Washington: Government Printing Office
    1899
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 13.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 13.2
      Report of the Daughters of the American Revolution
      1890-1897
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 14 id166250
    Miscellaneous
    1890-1905
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents

    Mrs. Darling's financial accounts, the DAR, 1890-91; MSS of an address by Mrs. Darling delivered June 17, 1891 at the Tomb of Martyrs, Brooklyn, New York; early DAR application forms, printed bill of the U.S. House of Representatives authorizing the sale of government land to the DAR (site of Continental Hall); and Various newspaper clippings (1891-1905) concerning the DAR and Mrs. Darling.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 14.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 14.2
      Lists of charter members and honorary regents appointed by Flora Adams Darling
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 14.3
      Financial papers
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 14.4
      Address made by Flora Adams Darling at the tomb of the martyrs.
      1891
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 14.5
      Printed circulars
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 14.6
      Newspaper clippings
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 15 id166251
    Miscellaneous
    Scope and Contents

    1901-1905

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 15.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 15.2
      DAR number, the Washington Mirror
      1905 April 22
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 15.3
      An article without title in Literary Life
      1901 March
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 15.4
      Papers relating to the New York chapter
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 15.5
      Papers relating to the New Jersey chapter
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 15.6
      Papers containing accounts of the drowning of Louise King Connally
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 15.7
      Portraits of officers
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 15.8
      Stationary and envelopes
id165045
Series 2: Daughters of the Revolution
1891-1908
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 16 id166252
    Letters to Mrs. Darling concerning the Daughters of the Revolution
    1891
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 16.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 16.2
      Letters to Mrs. Darling concerning the Daughters of the Revolution
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 17 id166253
    Letters to Mrs. Darling concerning the Daughters of the Revolution
    1892-1908, undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 17.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 17.2
      Letters to Mrs. Darling concerning the Daughters of the Revolution
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 18 id166255
    Papers relating to the constitution of the Daughters of the Revolution
    undated
    Scope and Contents

    MSS, pamphlets, circulars and blank applications for membership.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 18.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 18.2
      Papers related to the constitution of the general society, and of certain state society
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 18.3
      Applications for membership
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 18.4
      Membership certificates of Flora Adams Darling
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 19 id166256
    Programs and invitations to special events and social activities of the Daughters of the Revolution
    1891-1908
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 19.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 19.2
      Programs and invitations to special events and social activities of the Daughters of the Revolution
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 20 id166257
    Papers, newspaper clippings, and a magazine
    1890-1905
    Scope and Contents

    Papers concerning the Daughters of the Revolution, 1896-1907, newspaper clippings, and a copy of Adams' Magazine of General History. The latter contains a brief account of the life of Mrs. Darling.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 20.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 20.2
      Papers concerning the history of the daughters of the revolution
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 20.3
      List of officers of the general society of the daughters of the revolution
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 20.4
      List of members of the colonial chapter
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 20.5
      Envelopes and letter heads showing official seals
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 20.6
      Newspaper clippings
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 20.7
      Adams magazine of general literature
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 21 id166258
    "Mrs. Flora Adams Darling" (1891); Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, General Society, Daughters of the Revolution
    1898, 1903
    Scope and Contents

    Two printed copies of Mrs. Flora Adams Darling (1891) , by C. F. Turner, and Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, General Society, Daughters of the Revolution

    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 21.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 20.2
      Pamphlets and folders
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 22 id166260
    Miscellaneous
    1895
    Scope and Contents

    Address book listing members of the Daughters of the Revolution (1895). The Prison Ship Martyrs(1895) by Charles E. West, LL. D., a pamphlet on the Americans held prisoner on ships after the British capture of Long Island. Printed programs, ballots, circulars, concerning the general Society and the New York State Society of the Daughters of the Revolution.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 22.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 22.2
      Pamphlets and folders
id165046
Series 3: U.S. Daughters of 1812
1891-1908
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 23 id166261
    Letters to Mrs. Darling concerning the Daughters of 1812
    1891 September-December
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 24 id166263
    Letters to Mrs. Darling concerning the United Daughters of 1812
    1892 January-March
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents

    Letter from Louis J. Allen, an officer aboard the U.S. S. Chicago at Montevideo, Uruguay, mentioning trouble with Chile, February 25, 1892. Letter from Jessie Benton Fremont, February 25, 1892.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 24.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 24.2
      Letters to Mrs. Darling concerning the United Daughters of 1812
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 25 id166265
    Letters to Mrs. Darling concerning U.S. Daughters of 1812
    1892 April-May
    Scope and Contents

    Three letters from Mrs. D. R. Dorris of Nashville, Tenn. On the efforts of the Hermitage Association to save the home of Andrew Jackson. Letter from Mrs. Varina Anne Jefferson Davis at Beauvoir, Mississippi, June 5, 1892.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 25.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 25.2
      Letters to Mrs. Darling concerning U.S. Daughters of 1812
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 26 id166267
    Letters to Mrs. Darling concerning the U.S. Daughters of 1812
    1892 June-December
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 26.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 26.2
      Letters to Mrs. Darling concerning the U.S. Daughters of 1812
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 27 id166268
    Letters to Mrs. Darling
    1893-1895
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents

    Concerning the U.S. Daughters of 1812, and Broadside of the Key Monument Association of Frederick, Maryland, 1895, soliciting funds to erect a monument at the grave of Francis Scott Key.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 27.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 27.2
      Letters to Mrs. Darling
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 28 id166269
    Letters to Mrs. Darling concerning U.S. Daughters of 1812
    1896
    Scope and Contents

    See letter of October 3, 1896, from Dayton, Ohio, mentioning rumors of Mrs. Darling's plans to retire and live at Old Point Comfort, Virginia.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 28.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 28.2
      Letters to Mrs. Darling concerning U.S. Daughters of 1812
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 29 id166271
    Letters to Mrs. Darling concerning the U.S. Daughters of 1812
    1897-1908
    Scope and Contents

    Circular letter of the American Institute of Civics regarding a national celebration honoring the surviving generals and admirals of the Civil War. The program was cancelled, April 13, 1898, because of threat of war. Letter from Mrs. Eliza W. Hall, January 25, 1901, indicating Mrs. Darling was to receive a percent of the annual receipts of the U.S. Daughters of 1812. Copy of a letter from Mrs. Darling to Mrs. Slade, December 10, 1902. The letter refers to the successful conclusion of her 30 year suit against the government for the loss of jewelry and property in New Orleans during the Civil War. Letter regarding an oil portrait of Mrs. Darling being placed in the Detroit Museum of Art until a place in the U.S. Daughters of 1812 could be built, November 16, 1904. Letter to Mrs. Darling from Mrs. Lillie B. Titus, July 13, 1905, explaining the Massachusetts chapter of the U.S. Daughters of 1812 withdrawal from the National Society. This is followed by a 20 page MSS on the same subject. Letter from Mrs. Nannie Pugh Richardson, of New Orleans, offering to sell Julio's painting of the last meeting of Lee and Jackson, March 6, 1907.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 29.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 29.2
      Letters to Mrs. Darling concerning the U.S. Daughters of 1812
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 30 id166272
    Undated letters to Mrs. Darling concerning the U.S. Daughters of 1812
    undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 30.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 30.2
      Undated letters to Mrs. Darling concerning the U.S. Daughters of 1812
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 31 id167551
    Miscellaneous
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents

    Three rough drafts of a certificate of incorporation for the U.S. Daughters of 1812. Papers relating to the constitution of the general and state societies of the U.S. Daughters of 1812. See also the following pamphlets: U.S. Daughters of 1812, New York State Chapter, Constitution and Bylaws(three copies); U.S. Daughters of 1812, Massachusetts State Chapter, Constitution and Bylaws(two copies); Constitution of U.S. Daughters of 1812, National Society(three copies); Constitution and Bylaws, U.S. Daughters of 1812, Illinois State Society; Constitution and Bylaws of the U.S. Daughters of 1812, Pennsylvania State Society.List of officers, managers, and alternates of the Board of Lady Managers, World's Columbian Exposition. Membership forms, invitations, etc. Of state and national U.S. Daughters of 1812 societies. Printed constitutions and bylaws: National Society, U.S. Daughters of 1812(three copies); U.S. Daughters of 1812 of Illinois; and U.S. Daughters of 1812 of Pennsylvania. Invitations to state U.S. Daughters of 1812 programs and social events.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 31.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 31.2
      Certificate of incorporation
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 31.3
      Papers relating to the constitution of the general society and the state societies
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 31.4
      Papers relating to appointments of officers and applications for membership
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 31.5
      Invitations, announcements, and programs of meetings
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 32 id167552
    Papers relating to the U.S. Daughters of 1812 (continued).
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents

    Petitions and resolutions on varied matters from U.S. Daughters of 1812 organizational problems to Mrs. Darling's request for franking privilege. Official Register of Officers and Honorary Members of the General Society and Historic Council of the 1776 U.S. Daughters of 1812. All entries in this notebook are in Mrs. Darling's hand. Notebook containing copies of legal letters relative to the controversy over the incorporation of the U.S. Daughters of 1812.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 32.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 32.2
      Resolutions and petitions
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 32.3
      Papers relating to the history of the society
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 32.4
      Notebooks
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 33 id167554
    Scrapbook of mementos and notes of the U.S. Daughters of 1812 and other organizations to which Mrs. Darling belonged; also some addresses delivered by her.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 33.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 33.2
      Notebook
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 34 id167556
    Scrapbook of mementos and notes of the U.S. Daughters of 1812 and other organizations to which Mrs. Darling belonged; also some addresses delivered by her. (continued)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 34.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 34.2
      Notebook
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 35 id167558
    Miscellaneous
    1904-1908
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents

    Printed pieces: Mrs. Darling's A Plea in the Interest of Harmony; Programme for Bronze Statue of Major General Alexander Macomb(includes biographical sketch and three photographs of Macomb); pamphlet by Mrs. Edward Roby explaining her part in the U.S. Daughters of 1812 controversy, 1905-1908. Mrs. Darling's annual address of January 8, 1904 for the National Society of the U.S. Daughters of 1812. Notices of meetings, programmes, and circular letters.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 35.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 35.2
      List of general society officers and chapter members
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 35.3
      Printed circulars and booklets
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 36 id167559
    Clippings concerning the U.S. Daughters of 1812
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 36.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 36.2
      Clippings from newspapers and periodicals
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 36.3
      Stationary and envelopes
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 37 id167561
    Undated letters to Mrs. Darling concerning various patriotic societies
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 37.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 37.2
      Undated letters to Mrs. Darling concerning various patriotic societies
id165047
Series 4: Official Letters, Bills, and Reports
1864-1907
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 38 id167565
    Letters to Mrs. Darling concerning her claim against the U.S. government for jewelry and money lost in New Orleans in 1863 while traveling under a flag of truce
    1874-1907
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents

    Letters from Fernando Wood. Letter from U.S. Senator George F. Hoar, July 19, 1888, summarizing the legal points involved in Mrs. Darling's case against the government. Letter from General J. M. Schofield, St. Augustine, Florida, February 6, 1900. Letter of Mrs. Darling, April 22, 1897, intimating that pressure by her enemies in several patriotic societies has caused unfavorable consideration of her claim before Congress.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 38.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 38.2
      Letters to Mrs. Darling concerning her claim against the U.S. government for jewelry and money lost in New Orleans in 1863 while traveling under a flag of truce
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 39 id167566
    Printed material concerning Mrs. Darling's claim against the U.S. government
    1864-1904
    Scope and Contents

    Printed bills and reports concerning Mrs. Darling's claim, which began in 1864 after a personal visit to President Lincoln and was finally settled by an Act of Congress in November 1904. Newspaper clippings concerning the claim. Newspaper clippings of 1883 concerning the demand for Confederate bonds in the London market and Judah P. Benjamin's part in promoting their sale.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 39.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 39.2
      Printed material concerning Mrs. Darling's claim against the U.S. government
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 39.3
      Newspaper clippings
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 40 id167568
    Mrs. Darling's correspondence
    1897-1898
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents

    Concerning the approaching War with Spain. Letters of Sept 10, 1897 and November 23, 1897 from the Spanish Ambassador E. Dupuy DeLome concerning yellow journalism and anti-Spanish feeling in the U.S. Letters from Mrs. Darling's nephew who ran away from home to join Roosevelt and "The Rough Riders," January to August 1898. The nephew, Gordon Everett, died of the effects of his army service before he was 18 years old. Letter to the president attacking conditions in the U.S. Army, August 28, 1898. Letter from Sergeant G. H. Bates, August 31, 1898, enclosing newspaper clippings and criticizing the army. Letter from an "army deserter" of September 2, 1898. Letter, Christmas 1898, from Mrs. Darling to Ambassador DeLome.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 40.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 40.2
      Correspondence concerning the war with Spain
      1897 - 1898
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 40.3
      Other papers related to the war with Spain
      1898
  • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 41 id167570
    Mrs. Darling's correspondence concerning "The Crucifixion", a painting by George B. Matthews, which she presented to St. Peter's Catholic Church in Mount Clemens, Michigan in memory of her son, Edward
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    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 41.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 41.2
      Mrs. Darling's correspondence concerning "The Crucifixion", a painting by George B. Matthews, which she presented to St. Peter's Catholic Church in Mount Clemens, Michigan in memory of her son, Edward
    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 41.3
      Other papers concerning the memorial picture
  • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 42 id167572
    Letters, lists, and a statement
    1907
    Scope and Contents

    Letter of November 26, 1907 from Mrs. Darling offering her papers to the College. Typed list of books and relics given to the William and Mary Library in 1907. A statement by Mrs. Darling establishing the collection and setting forth its purposes and dedications. Letters from W. A. R. Goodwin to Mrs. Darling, February 27, 1907, relative to the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America giving the chair for the governor's seat in Bruton Parish Church in memory of Governor Matthews. Also correspondence between Mrs. Darling and Lyon G. Tyler and others, 27 items.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 42.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 42.2
      Letters and papers of Flora Adams Darling relating to William & Mary college
    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 42.3
      Letters and papers of Flora Adams Darling concerning the warden's pew in Bruton Parish Church
    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 42.4
      Letters and papers of Flora Adams Darling concerning the Pocahontas memorial ball
    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 42.5
      Correspondence between Mrs. Darling and President Lyon G. Tyler
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Series 5: Personal Letters
1884-1909
  • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 43 id167575
    Personal letters to Mrs. Darling
    1862-1883
    Scope and Contents

    Three letters from Fernando Wood, 1862-1864, relating to Mrs. Darling's pass to the South and her return. Series of letters to Mrs. Darling from Senator John T. Morgan of Alabama, 1881 - some seem like love letters! Letter of Alexander H. Stephens to Mrs. Darling, August 2, 1882.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 43.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 43.2
      Personal letters to Mrs. Darling
  • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 44 id167576
    Personal letters
    1884
    Scope and Contents

    Primarily concerning Mrs. Darling's book of Civil War letters. Letters of Jefferson Davis, January 19 and May 7, 1884 (in Jefferson Davis Papers). Letter from S. W. Cunningham of N. Y., publisher of Our Day, an "exponent of Southern Sentiment," June 6, 1884. The author remarks, "I became a rebel on the day of my surrender at Fort Donelson - and you judge Andrew John correctly." Letter from Francis C. Lawson, editor of The Negro American, reviewing the difficulties of his work before the appearance of his first issue, July 12, 1884. Letter of Senator John T. Morgan, July 13, 1884, on the strong Democratic Party platform and the approaching election. Letter from Harrison Phoebus, proprietor of the Hygeia Hotel at Old Point Comfort, Virginia, August 15, 1884.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 44.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 44.2
      Personal letters
  • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 45 id167577
    Personal letters to Mrs. Darling
    1884-1889
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents

    Letter of Jefferson Davis, (in Jefferson Davis Papers), January 24, 1884. Letter of George M. Guild, May 14, 1885 mentioning Mrs. Darling's calls on President Cleveland. Letter from Mark M. Pomeroy of The U.S. Democrat, Washington, D. C., July 15, 1885, referring to Mrs. Darling's interest in raising funds to erect a monument to Mrs. Surratt. Letter from Horatio King, November 14, 1885. Letter from General William Mahone of Petersburg, Virginia. See also several 1885 and 1886 letters from Edward W. Bok.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 45.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 45.2
      Personal letters to Mrs. Darling
  • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 46 id167578
    Personal letters to Mrs. Darling
    1880-1892
    Scope and Contents

    Letters in Folders 46 through 49 are personal in nature and contain no mention of political events.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 46.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 46.2
      Personal letters to Mrs. Darling
  • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 47 id167580
    Personal letters to Mrs. Darling
    1893-1899
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 47.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 47.2
      Personal letters to Mrs. Darling
  • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 48 id167581
    Personal letters to Mrs. Darling
    1900-1903
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 48.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 48.2
      Personal letters to Mrs. Darling
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 49 id167583
    Personal letters to Mrs. Darling
    1904-1906
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 49.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 49.2
      Personal letters to Mrs. Darling
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 50 id167586
    Personal correspondence
    1906-1909
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 50.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 50.2
      Personal letters to Mrs. Darling
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 51 id167588
    Personal Correspondence
    1906-1909
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 51.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 51.2
      Personal letters to Mrs. Darling
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 52 id167589
    Personal Correspondence
    1906-1909
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 52.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 52.2
      Personal letters to Mrs. Darling
  • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 53 id167591
    Personal Correspondence
    1906-1909
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 53.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 53.2
      Personal letters to Mrs. Darling
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Series 6: Miscellaneous and Bound Volumes
undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 54 id167592
    Incomplete letters and fragments
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 54.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 54.2
      Incomplete letters and fragments
  • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 55 id167594
    Invoices, receipts, and invitations to social functions.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 55.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 55.2
      Invitations to social functions
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 55.3
      Accounts, invoices, and receipts
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 55.4
      Biographical and genealogical data
  • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 56 id167596
    Papers relating to Adams' Magazine , Columbia Daughters, Crown Society of America, Founders of America, Founders' Kin Alliance, and Columbian Art Alliance International.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 56.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 56.2
      Papers relating to the Adams magazine
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 56.3
      Papers relating to the Columbian Daughters
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 56.4
      Papers relating to the Crown Society of America
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 56.5
      Papers relating to the proposed monument to be erected to the founders of America at Pembroke Park, NJ
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 56.6
      Papers relating to the Founder's Kin Alliance
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 56.7
      Papers relating to the Columbian Art Alliance International
  • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 56A id167597
    Papers relating to the American Flag House and the Betsy Ross Memorial Association in which Mrs. Darling's brother, John Quincy Adams, was a leading figure.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 56A.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 56A.2
      Papers relating to the American Flag House and the Betsy Ross Memorial Association in which Mrs. Darling's brother, John Quincy Adams, was a leading figure.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 57 id167599
    Papers relating to the sons of the American Revolution and the Sons of the Revolution.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 57.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 57.2
      Papers relating to the sons of the American Revolution and the Sons of the Revolution.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 58 id167602
    Papers relating to the Edward Irving Darling Musical Society (in memory of Mrs. Darling's only child who died February 13, 1894), the Lamperti School of Music, and a proposed school for Indian girls.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 58.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 58.2
      Papers relating to Edward Irving Darling musical society
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 58.3
      Papers relating to the school for Indian girls proposed by Flora Adams Darling
  • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 59 id167603
    Miscellaneous cards and fragments.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 59.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 59.2
      Miscellaneous cards and fragments.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 60 id167605
    Writings of Flora A. Darling.
    Scope and Contents

    Including printed copies of Memories of Virginia, A War Episode, a manuscript copy of Two Virginians, Explorers to the Pacific Ocean, 1803-1806,three memorandum books, and several poems and articles in manuscript.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 60.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 60.2
      Writings of Flora A. Darling
  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 61 id167608
    Writings of Flora A. Darling. (continued)
    Scope and Contents

    Including printed copies of Memories of Viginia, A War Episode, a manuscript copy of Two Vinginians, Explorers to the Pacific Ocean, 1803-1806, three memorandum books, and several poems and articles in manuscript.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 61.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 61.2
      Writings of Flora A. Darling
  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 62 id167610
    Writings of Francis A. Adams
    Scope and Contents

    Including a printed copy of Who Rules America?(1899).

    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 62.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 62.2
      Writings of Francis A. Adams
  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 63 id167611
    Printed ephemerals chiefly relating to patriotic societies.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 63.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 63.2
      Printed ephemerals chiefly relating to patriotic societies.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 64 id167612
    Miscellaneous pamphlets chiefly relating to patriotic societies
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 64.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 64.2
      Miscellaneous pamphlets chiefly relating to patriotic societies
  • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 65 id167614
    Miscellaneous pamphlets chiefly relating to patriotic societies (continued)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 65.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 65.2
      Miscellaneous pamphlets chiefly relating to patriotic societies
  • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 66 id167615
    Photographs and engravings
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 66.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 66.2
      Photographs and engravings
  • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 67 id167617
    Letterheads, envelopes, labels
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 67.1
      Contents
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 67.2
      Letterheads, envelopes, labels
  • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 68 id167619
    Scrapbooks of Flora A. Darling
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 68 id167622
      Scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings and other data on the history of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of the Revolution, and the United States Daughters of 1812.
      Scope and Contents

      58 pages.13 3/4 by 11 inches.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 68 id167623
      Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings chiefly devoted to the controversy relative to the founding of the DAR
      Scope and Contents

      Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings chiefly devoted to the controversy relative to the founding of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Some of the articles were written by Mrs. Darling under the pseudonym Mignon. 156 pages.13 3/4 by 9 inches.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 68 id167625
      Biographical sketch of General Charles W. Darling. New York, Atlas Publishing and Engraving Co.
      1890
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Series 7: Genealogical material, photographs, scrapbook and printed materials
1883-1902
  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 1 id167629
    Genealogical material
    Scope and Contents

    Material on the Darling and related families including Robb family, Adams family, Rowell family, Duston family, Klingle family, and Tiernan family. Also included are Robb-Darling court records, wills, and documents.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 2 id167630
    Genealogical material
    Scope and Contents

    Material on the Darling and related families including Robb family, Adams family, Rowell family, Duston family, Klingle family, and Tiernan family. Also included are Robb-Darling court records, wills, and documents.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 3 id167631
    Genealogical material
    Scope and Contents

    Material on the Darling and related families including Robb family, Adams family, Rowell family, Duston family, Klingle family, and Tiernan family. Also included are Robb-Darling court records, wills, and documents.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 4 id167632
    Genealogical material
    Scope and Contents

    Material on the Darling and related families including Robb family, Adams family, Rowell family, Duston family, Klingle family, and Tiernan family. Also included are Robb-Darling court records, wills, and documents.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 5 id167633
    Genealogical material
    Scope and Contents

    Material on the Darling and related families including Robb family, Adams family, Rowell family, Duston family, Klingle family, and Tiernan family. Also included are Robb-Darling court records, wills, and documents.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 6 id167634
    Genealogical material
    Scope and Contents

    Material on the Darling and related families including Robb family, Adams family, Rowell family, Duston family, Klingle family, and Tiernan family. Also included are Robb-Darling court records, wills, and documents.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 7 id167635
    Genealogical material
    Scope and Contents

    Material on the Darling and related families including Robb family, Adams family, Rowell family, Duston family, Klingle family, and Tiernan family. Also included are Robb-Darling court records, wills, and documents.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 8 id167636
    Genealogical material
    Scope and Contents

    Material on the Darling and related families including Robb family, Adams family, Rowell family, Duston family, Klingle family, and Tiernan family. Also included are Robb-Darling court records, wills, and documents.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 9 id167637
    Genealogical material
    Scope and Contents

    Material on the Darling and related families including Robb family, Adams family, Rowell family, Duston family, Klingle family, and Tiernan family. Also included are Robb-Darling court records, wills, and documents.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 10 id167638
    Genealogical material
    Scope and Contents

    Material on the Darling and related families including Robb family, Adams family, Rowell family, Duston family, Klingle family, and Tiernan family. Also included are Robb-Darling court records, wills, and documents.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 11 id167639
    Genealogical material
    Scope and Contents

    Material on the Darling and related families including Robb family, Adams family, Rowell family, Duston family, Klingle family, and Tiernan family. Also included are Robb-Darling court records, wills, and documents.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 12 id167640
    Genealogical material
    Scope and Contents

    Material on the Darling and related families including Robb family, Adams family, Rowell family, Duston family, Klingle family, and Tiernan family. Also included are Robb-Darling court records, wills, and documents.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 13 id167641
    Genealogical material
    Scope and Contents

    Material on the Darling and related families including Robb family, Adams family, Rowell family, Duston family, Klingle family, and Tiernan family. Also included are Robb-Darling court records, wills, and documents.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 14 id167649
    "The Darlings - recollections of Miss Helen Robb to James S. Patton"
  • Mixed Materials Box: 20 id167651
    Photo album with index identifying photos.
    Scope and Contents

    Manuscript Volume 1

  • Mixed Materials Box: 20 id167652
    Photo album with few photos identified.
    Scope and Contents

    Manuscipt Volume 2

  • Mixed Materials Box: 20 id167654
    Scrapbook of clippings and letters compiled by Mrs. Darling about her son's death.
    Scope and Contents

    Manuscript Volume 3

  • Mixed Materials Box: 20 id169212
    Mrs. Darling's Letters, or Memories of the Civil War , by Mrs. Flora Adams Darling. New York: John W. Lovell Company
    1883
  • Mixed Materials Box: 20 id169213
    Volumes 5-7: Three documents from the October Term 1902 of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.
    1902
    Scope and Contents

    Three documents from the October Term 1902 of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.  The Washington Loan and Trust Company, Nancy Darling and Charles Tiernan Darling, vs. Flora Adams Darling.  Includes Brief for appellants, Appellee's brief, and Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 20
    Darling Papers by Robert P. Sutton
    Undated