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Box 2

 Container

Contains 2 Results:

Letter from William Preston from Fincastle to James McDowell, January 12, 1799

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
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 12, 1799

Letter from William Preston from Fincastle to James McDowell, January 29, 1802

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
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 29, 1802