Box 15
Container
Contains 3 Results:
Item Nos. 5885-6285, 1870s
File — Box: 15, Folder: 1-20
Scope and Contents
Topics include: PoliticsGovernmentFamily and FriendsBusiness (after 1871 the incoming letters concern matters of law, business, politics, friends, and family; they do not pertain to governmental activities)(folder 1 -- letter regarding the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution [items 5885, 5904] and a letter from Elizabeth Ray Willey [WTW's wife] about home, crops, weather, and whether WTW wants...
Dates:
1870s
Item Nos. 6286-6425, 1880s
File — Box: 15, Folder: 21-27
Scope and Contents
Topics include:
Legal
Business
General Political Topics
Family and Friends
Temperance Activities
Recommendations for Jobs
Requests for Speeches (folder 23 -- letter regarding damage to a wall at Monticello in August 1880)
Dates:
1880s
Series 1b. Incoming Correspondence -- Non-Transcribed/Not Copied [boxes 4-16], 1833–1900
Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
This series includes letters written to Waitman T. Willey (WTW). The letters can be divided into four major categories: politics; governmental service and the Civil War; family and church affairs; and law and business activities. Willey wrote the name of the correspondent and the date on each letter. The letters have been previously divided into "copied" (Series 1a.) and "not copied" (Series 1b.) categories; the former refers to a select number of the...
Dates:
1833–1900