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#1517
WHITTLE FAMILY PAPERS
Summary

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Whittle family.
Papers, 1779-1922.
156 items.

Microfilm. These papers were lent by the owners for microfilming in 1949.
They are now located, along with related items, in the Alderman Library,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

Personal correspondence, diaries, biographical and genealogical data
pertaining the the Whittle and related Bolling, Davies, Kennon, Munford,
Murray, Page, Randolph, Sinclair, and Skipwith families. Included are
letters, 1807-1824 (128 items), of Elizabeth Beverley (Munford) Kennon (b.
1762), wife of Gen. Richard Kennon of Mecklenburg County, Va., and her
daughter, Sarah ("Sally") Skipwith (Kennon) Sinclair, to various member of
the Mordecai family of Warrenton, N.C., and elsewhere. Topics include
family and social news and discussion of anxieties caused by the War of
1812.  Also present are an incomplete diary, September 1753- January 1754,
of Rev. Samuel Davies, president of the College of New Jersey  (later
Princeton University) while on a mission to England for the College  and
the Presbyterian Church; an orderly book, August-October 1779, of Col.
William Davies, commander of the 1st Virginia Regiment, Continental Army,
and aide to generals Washington and Lafayette, apparently kept while
serving in New Jersey; and the diary, 1829-1831 and 1857-1858, of Commander
William Conway Whittle (1805-1878), U.S.N., during his service on various
ships, including the U.S.S. Constellation.

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ONLINE CATALOG TERMS:
   Constellation (Frigate).
   Bolling Family.
   College of New Jersey--Presidents--History.
   Davies family.
   Davies, Samuel, 1723-1761.
   Davies, William.
   Family--Virginia--Social life and customs--19th century.
   Kennon, Elizabeth Beverley Munford, b. 1762.
   Kennon family.
   Mordecai family.
   Munford family.
   Murray family.
   New Jersey--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
   Page family.
   Princeton University--History--18th century.
   Randolph family.
   Sinclair family.
   Sinclair, Sarah Skipwith Kennon.
   Skipwith family.
   Travelers--England--Diaries.
   United States. Continental Army. Virginia Regiment, 1st.
   United States--History--War of 1812.
   United States. Navy--Officers--Diaries--History--19th century.
   United States. Navy--Sea life--History--19th century.
   Whittle family.
   Whittle, William Conway, 1805-1878.

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