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Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 460 items) |
Abstract | Members of the Wirt family of Virginia, Maryland, and Florida include William Wirt (1772-1834); his wife Elizabeth Gamble Wirt and their children; Wirt's son-in-law Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough (1805-1877) of Florida; and James McCutcheon Baker (1837-1900) of Pensacola, Fla., who married Wirt's granddaughter. The collection contains personal and family correspondence of William Wirt (1772-1834), of Virginia and Maryland, lawyer, author, and United States attorney general, and of his descendants, including letters, 1802-1822, concerning Wirt's biography of Patrick Henry and his other writings and business and financial affairs; family correspondence, 1824-1832, chiefly between Wirt and his son, William Cabbell Wirt, at school in Massachusetts; letters of condolence at Wirt's death; family letters from the Wirt children to their mother and to each other; family and naval correspondence, 1838-1867, of Wirt's son-in-law, Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough (1805-1877), serving with the United States Navy in Brazil, Europe, and Washington, D.C.; and papers, 1861-1919, of James McCutcheon Baker (1837-1900), of Florida, who married Wirt's granddaughter, concerning his Confederate naval career and postwar sea voyages, chiefly letters to his family in New Orleans. Papers after 1900 are of Baker's wife and children. Volumes include William Wirt's reminiscences of his early years, written in 1825 and 1833; Mrs. Wirt's lettercopy books, 1834-1841; and a lettercopy book, 1848-1849, of a female relative teaching school in Pensacola, Fla. Also included are fragments of William Wirt's manuscript on Patrick Henry. |
Creator | Wirt (Family : Wirt, William, 1772-1834) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, September 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Members of the Wirt family of Virginia, Maryland, and Florida include William Wirt (1772-1834); his wife Elizabeth Gamble Wirt and their children; Wirt's son-in-law Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough (1805-1877) of Florida; and James McCutcheon Baker (1837-1900) of Pensacola, Fla., who married Wirt's granddaughter.
Back to TopThe collection contains personal and family correspondence of William Wirt (1772-1834), of Virginia and Maryland, lawyer, author, and United States attorney general, and of his descendants, including letters, 1802-1822, concerning Wirt's biography of Patrick Henry and his other writings and business and financial affairs; family correspondence, 1824-1832, chiefly between Wirt and his son, William Cabbell Wirt, at school in Massachusetts; letters of condolence at Wirt's death; family letters from the Wirt children to their mother and to each other; family and naval correspondence, 1838-1867, of Wirt's son-in-law, Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough (1805-1877), serving with the United States Navy in Brazil, Europe, and Washington, D.C.; and papers, 1861- 1919, of James McCutcheon Baker (1837-1900), of Florida, who married Wirt's granddaughter, concerning his Confederate naval career and postwar sea voyages, chiefly letters to his family in New Orleans. Papers after 1900 are of Baker's wife and children. Volumes include William Wirt's reminiscences of his early years, written in 1825 and 1833; Mrs. Wirt's lettercopy books, 1834-1841; and a lettercopy book, 1848-1849, of a female relative teaching school in Pensacola, Fla. Also included are fragments of William Wirt's manuscript on Patrick Henry.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1802-1815 |
Folder 2 |
1816-1827 |
Folder 3 |
1828-1829 |
Folder 4 |
1832-1834 |
Folder 5 |
1835-1838 |
Folder 6 |
1839-1843 |
Folder 7 |
1844-1849 |
Folder 8 |
1850-1858 |
Folder 9 |
1859 |
Folder 10 |
1861-1863 |
Folder 11 |
1865-1865 |
Folder 12 |
1866-1867 |
Folder 13 |
1868-1869 |
Folder 14 |
1870-1874 |
Folder 15 |
1875-1879 |
Folder 16 |
1880-1887 |
Folder 17 |
1888-1889 |
Folder 18 |
1890 |
Folder 19 |
1891 |
Folder 20 |
1892-1899 |
Folder 21 |
1900-1909 |
Folder 22 |
1910-1917 |
Folder 23 |
1924-1925 |
Folder 24 |
Undated and miscellaneous |
Folder 25 |
Biographical and genealogical data |
Folder 26 |
Childhood remininscences of William Wirt |
Folder 27-28
Folder 27Folder 28 |
Letterbook, 1834-1841, Mrs. William Wirt |
Folder 29 |
Letterbook, 1848-1849, Miss Josephine M. Hutton |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-1704/1 |
Fragments of manuscript on Patrick Henry |