Checklist of documents in the collection Watts Letters at the Historical Society of Western Virginia, Roanoke, Virginia. To consult these documents, go to http://www.vahistorymuseum.org/ and click on “Visit HMWV's Virtual Collection!” The documents can be found by a keyword search, or by catalog number using “Click and Search”. For more information on this collection and on accessing the documents, see my page “Virtual Collections at the Historical Society of Western Virginia” at the right.
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2007.32.126
March 25, 1860
Letter from Peter Saunders, at his residence at Bleak Hill in Franklin County, Virginia, to his cousin William Watts in Roanoke County, Virginia, requesting a loan for four months
2007.32.127
April 7, 1860
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Payne (Jackson) Allen, at her residence at Beaverdam, Botetourt County, Virginia, to her five-year-old grandson John Allen Watts, traveling with members of his family in the South, responding to a letter from him and sending news of the family
2007.32.127
and kiss little George for me. Your affectionate Grand Mama, Mary E. P. Allen
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| Mary Elizabeth Payne (Jackson) Allen |
April 9, 1860
Letter from William Watts, at his residence at Oaklands, Roanoke County, Virginia, to his five-year-old son John Allen Watts, in Aiken, South Carolina, traveling with members of his family in the South, responding to a letter from him and sending news of the family
2007.32.129
October 24, 1861
Letter from Alice Matilda (Watts) Morris, at the Watts family residence at Oaklands, Roanoke County, Virginia, to her brother William Watts, with the Confederate army at Manassas, Virginia, giving news of the family and asking him to write
2007.32.130
November 20, 1860
Letter from Henry Clay Allen in Fincastle, Virginia, to his brother-in-law William Watts in Roanoke County, Virginia, describing his debts and inability to earn a living as a lawyer and asking for a loan to enable him to move away
2007.32.130
I wish to leave in about 3 weeks and if you can comply with my request I'll come up on to-morrow Wednesday week to Salem. Yours etc., H. C. Allen
2007.32.131
December 23, 1861
Letter from Alice Matilda (Watts) Morris, at the Watts family residence at Oaklands, Roanoke County, Virginia, to her brother William Watts, on military duty in northern Virginia, giving news of family and friends in the Roanoke area
2007.32.132
December 31, 1861
Letter from Alice Matilda (Watts) Morris, at the Watts family residence at Oaklands, Roanoke County, Virginia, to her brother William Watts on military service in northern Virginia, giving news of family and friends at home, and indicating that she has gathered items he requested to be sent to him
2007.32.133
1860
Will of Elizabeth (Breckinridge) Watts, dividing her estate according to the wishes of her late husband Edward Watts, equally among their five living children
2007.32.134
October or November 1861
Letter from Elizabeth (Breckinridge) Watts at her residence at Oaklands, Roanoke County, Virginia, to her son William Watts, on military service in northern Virginia, with news about management of the farm, new buildings being built, the wheat crop and the market for flour, and with mentions of her concern about the war and the future
2007.32.135
February 6, 1862
Letter from Alice Matilda (Watts) Morris at the Watts family residence in Roanoke County, Virginia, to her brother William Watts on military service in northern Virginia, giving news of the recovery of his almost-seven-year-old son John Allen Watts from an attack of pleurisy, and other news of the family
2007.32.135
Lizzy Allen has been very ill with erysipelas, but is better now. Mama and Annie join me in love. Allen sends best love and says he is nearly well. God bless you my dearest Brother. Your attached Sister, Alice M. Morris. Feb 6th 1862
2007.32.136
April 5, 1862
Letter from Alice Matilda (Watts) Morris at the Watts family residence at Oaklands, Roanoke County, Virginia, to her brother William Watts, on military service in northern Virginia, giving details of financial transactions, reporting on proposals to move slaves and other property to a safe place in Henry County, Virginia, discussing rumors about the war in West Virginia, and sending news of family members
2007.32.137
April 25, 1862
Letter from Alice Matilda (Watts) Morris, at the Watts family residence at Oaklands, Roanoke County, Virginia, to her brother William Watts, on military service near Yorktown, Virginia, replying to a letter from him, expressing concern about his health, and sending news of many friends and family members
2007.32.138
July 1, 1862
Letter from Letitia Gamble (Watts) Rives, at the Watts family residence at Oaklands, Roanoke County, Virginia, to her brother William Watts, on military service in the Upper Peninsula, telling him of their mother's declining health, and other news of friends and family, and expressing their concern for his safety in the Seven Days' Battle then going on
2007.32.139
July 8, 1862
Letter from Emma Walker (Gilmer) Breckinridge, visiting at Oaklands, the Watts family residence in Roanoke County, Virginia, to her husband’s nephew William Watts, in military service with the Confederate army, sending condolences for the death of his mother, Elizabeth (Breckinridge) Watts, and urging him to revive his religious faith
2007.32.139
in her last illness, how truly can I sympathise with you. May God bless and comfort you, believe me most affectionately your Aunt, E. W. Breckinridge
2007.32.140
about July 8, 1862
Letter from Alice Matilda (Watts) Morris at the Watts family residence at Oaklands, Roanoke County, Virginia, to her brother William Watts, in military service with the Confederate army in the Upper Peninsula near Richmond, Virginia, sending condolences for the death of their mother, Elizabeth (Breckinridge) Watts, and sending details of her last hours and of the family
2007.32.141
July 4, 1862
Letter from Alice Matilda (Watts) Morris, at the Watts family residence at Oaklands, Roanoke County, Virginia, to her brother William Watts, in military service with the Confederate army in the Upper Peninsula near Richmond, Virginia, sending news of the ill health and imminent death of their mother, Elizabeth (Breckinridge) Watts, and sending details of her condition and medical treatment, of the efforts by family and friends to help, and of the general state of affairs at Oaklands
2007.32.142
July 7, 1862
Letter from Alice Matilda (Watts) Morris, at the Watts family residence at Oaklands, Roanoke County, Virginia, to her brother, William Watts, in military service with the Confederate army in the Upper Peninsula near Richmond, Virginia, sending news of the ill health and imminent death of their mother, Elizabeth (Breckinridge) Watts, and sending details of her suffering and of the family members who had stopped by
2007.32.143
July 8, 1862
Letter from Alice Matilda (Watts) Morris, at the Watts family residence at Oaklands, Roanoke County, Virginia, to her brother William Watts, in military service with the Confederate army in the Upper Peninsula near Richmond, Virginia, sending news of the death of their mother, Elizabeth (Breckinridge) Watts, and sending details of her last hours and last words, and the feeling of desolation among the family
2007.32.144
July 13, 1862
Letter from Letitia Gamble (Watts) Rives, at the Watts family residence at Oaklands, Roanoke County, Virginia, to her brother William Watts, in military service with the Confederate army in the Upper Peninsula near Richmond, Virginia, sending her account of the death of their mother, Elizabeth (Breckinridge) Watts, with details of her last hours and last words, of the dying woman's wish for her son to find religious faith, and of the feeling of desolation among the family after her death, and including also news about the addressee's seven-year-old son John Allen Watts, who is now being cared for by the writer
2007.32.144
I trust yr health is improving. The prevailing idea seems to be there will be no further active opperations for a time, and I hope you can come to us for a little while. All unite with me in warmest love. Ever yr devoted Sister, Letty G. Rives
2007.32.145
July 8, 1862
Printed obituary notice for Elizabeth (Breckinridge) Watts, giving the date of her death and her age, the names of her late husband Edward Watts and her father General James Breckinridge, praising her character, and describing her last words
2007.32.146
October 24, 1862
Letter from Letitia Gamble (Watts) Rives, at the Watts family residence in Roanoke County, Virginia, to her brother William Watts, in military service with the Confederate army in eastern or northern Virginia, sending lots of news about the family, including his son John Allen Watts and his sisters and their husbands; accounts of visits by numerous friends and neighbors; reports about troop movements; plans for purchasing a place of refuge in Henry County, Virginia; and comments on refugees in the area
2007.32.147
July 31, 1862
Letter from Alice Matilda (Watts) Morris, at the Watts family residence at Oaklands in Roanoke County, Virginia, to her brother William Watts, in military service with the Confederate army in eastern or northern Virginia, sending news about a family dispute regarding their mother's will, the health and activities of family members and friends, a detailed account of household and farm affairs, including news about several servants, and reports received about family members in military service
2007.32.148
March 1863
Copy of the settlement of the estate of James Beckinridge in account with Edward Watts (James’s son-in-law) by James’s son Cary Breckinridge, executor, presenting detailed figures of income and payments
2007.32.149
October 18, 1867
Letter from William Watts, at his residence at Oaklands, Roanoke County, Virginia, to his twelve-year-old son John Allen Watts, at school in Charlottesville, Virginia, mainly scolding him for a poor report card and exhorting him to improve, and also giving a little news from home
2007.32.150
December 2, 1867
Letter from William Watts, at his residence at Oaklands, Roanoke County, Virginia, to his twelve-year-old son John Allen Watts, at school in Charlottesville, Virginia, praising him for improvement in his schoolwork and sending bits of news, mostly about sending flour and pork to his aunt Alice Matilda (Watts) Robertson, living in Charlottesville with her second husband
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