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Box 1

 Container

Contains 42 Results:

Letter from Susanna Smith Madison [Peyton] to her uncle James McDowell, January 8, 1802

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content From the Collection: The Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers consist of 200 letters written almost exclusively by two generations of members of the Preston family of southwest Virginia, Kentucky, and South Carolina, to James and Sarah Preston McDowell of Rockbridge County, Virginia. The collection also includes a will of William Campbell Preston, an obituary of John Smith Preston and his photograph, and a circular asking for funds for a memorial in honor of John Smith Preston.Many of the...
Dates: January 8, 1802

Letter from J. Preston at Smithfield to James McDowell, April 15, 1795

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Content From the Collection: The Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers consist of 200 letters written almost exclusively by two generations of members of the Preston family of southwest Virginia, Kentucky, and South Carolina, to James and Sarah Preston McDowell of Rockbridge County, Virginia. The collection also includes a will of William Campbell Preston, an obituary of John Smith Preston and his photograph, and a circular asking for funds for a memorial in honor of John Smith Preston.Many of the...
Dates: April 15, 1795

Letter from J. Preston at Smithfield to James McDowell, July 21, 1799

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Content From the Collection: The Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers consist of 200 letters written almost exclusively by two generations of members of the Preston family of southwest Virginia, Kentucky, and South Carolina, to James and Sarah Preston McDowell of Rockbridge County, Virginia. The collection also includes a will of William Campbell Preston, an obituary of John Smith Preston and his photograph, and a circular asking for funds for a memorial in honor of John Smith Preston.Many of the...
Dates: July 21, 1799

Letter from Francis Preston in Greenfield to James McDowell, January 16, 1823

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Content From the Collection: The Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers consist of 200 letters written almost exclusively by two generations of members of the Preston family of southwest Virginia, Kentucky, and South Carolina, to James and Sarah Preston McDowell of Rockbridge County, Virginia. The collection also includes a will of William Campbell Preston, an obituary of John Smith Preston and his photograph, and a circular asking for funds for a memorial in honor of John Smith Preston.Many of the...
Dates: January 16, 1823

Letter from William Preston from home to James McDowell, December 5, 1801

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Content From the Collection: The Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers consist of 200 letters written almost exclusively by two generations of members of the Preston family of southwest Virginia, Kentucky, and South Carolina, to James and Sarah Preston McDowell of Rockbridge County, Virginia. The collection also includes a will of William Campbell Preston, an obituary of John Smith Preston and his photograph, and a circular asking for funds for a memorial in honor of John Smith Preston.Many of the...
Dates: December 5, 1801

Letter from Thomas Lewis Preston to William Campbell Preston, July 3, 1838

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Content From the Collection: The Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers consist of 200 letters written almost exclusively by two generations of members of the Preston family of southwest Virginia, Kentucky, and South Carolina, to James and Sarah Preston McDowell of Rockbridge County, Virginia. The collection also includes a will of William Campbell Preston, an obituary of John Smith Preston and his photograph, and a circular asking for funds for a memorial in honor of John Smith Preston.Many of the...
Dates: July 3, 1838

Letter from Thomas Lewis Preston to Susanna Preston, October 20, 1838

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Content From the Collection: The Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers consist of 200 letters written almost exclusively by two generations of members of the Preston family of southwest Virginia, Kentucky, and South Carolina, to James and Sarah Preston McDowell of Rockbridge County, Virginia. The collection also includes a will of William Campbell Preston, an obituary of John Smith Preston and his photograph, and a circular asking for funds for a memorial in honor of John Smith Preston.Many of the...
Dates: October 20, 1838

Letter from Thomas Lewis Preston to William Campbell Preston, November 29, 1838

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Content From the Collection: The Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers consist of 200 letters written almost exclusively by two generations of members of the Preston family of southwest Virginia, Kentucky, and South Carolina, to James and Sarah Preston McDowell of Rockbridge County, Virginia. The collection also includes a will of William Campbell Preston, an obituary of John Smith Preston and his photograph, and a circular asking for funds for a memorial in honor of John Smith Preston.Many of the...
Dates: November 29, 1838

Letter from Thomas Lewis Preston to Susanna Preston, January 30, 1843

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Content From the Collection: The Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers consist of 200 letters written almost exclusively by two generations of members of the Preston family of southwest Virginia, Kentucky, and South Carolina, to James and Sarah Preston McDowell of Rockbridge County, Virginia. The collection also includes a will of William Campbell Preston, an obituary of John Smith Preston and his photograph, and a circular asking for funds for a memorial in honor of John Smith Preston.Many of the...
Dates: January 30, 1843

Letter from Thomas Lewis Preston to William Campbell Preston, June 23, 1845

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Content From the Collection: The Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers consist of 200 letters written almost exclusively by two generations of members of the Preston family of southwest Virginia, Kentucky, and South Carolina, to James and Sarah Preston McDowell of Rockbridge County, Virginia. The collection also includes a will of William Campbell Preston, an obituary of John Smith Preston and his photograph, and a circular asking for funds for a memorial in honor of John Smith Preston.Many of the...
Dates: June 23, 1845