Smith-Digges Papers(1789–1843)
- MS 1931.7
- Microfilm: M-121
- 2 vols. ([56 and 30] pp.) and 18 items
Papers of Dr. Augustine Smith (post 1769–1805) of Yorktown, Virginia, (a protegé of Gen. Thomas Nelson) and of his daughter, Lucy Calthorpe Smith, who married Ralph Wormeley Digges. Included are Dr. Smith’s letterbook, 1789–1791, containing copies of letters to friends and business associates in Edinburgh and London; letter, Susanna Nelson Page to Lucy Calthorpe Smith Digges, 10 April 1835, giving a biography of Lucy Grymes Nelson (1743–1830); “My Table and its History,” a memorial to Lucy Grymes Nelson; and various advertisements, poems, essays, bills, and obituaries.
Inventory
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| Folder 1 | |
| 11 March 1833 | “Valuable Farm for Sale” [Edmundsbury] in Caroline County, signed by Edmund Pendleton; establishment of a new road between Bowling Green and Dunkirk. |
| 10 April 1835 | Letter. [Susanna Nelson Page], Rug Swamp, Hanover County, to Mrs. Ralph W. Digges, Locust Lodge, Louisa County. Contains a biographical sketch of Lucy Grymes Nelson. 3 pp. |
| 11 April 1835 | “The Christian Friend’s Farewell.” Poem by Sally N. Berkeley for Lucy [Digges]. |
| 27 July 1835 | Receipted account of R.W. Digges with Mansion House, Mobile. PFWMI. |
| April [1839] | Obituary for Dudley Digges, Jr. (1765–1839). |
| n.d. | Inspirational poem for Mrs. Caroline Anderson in Louisville, Kentucky. |
| n.d. | Essay on the Tower of London. 6 pp. |
| n.d. | “The Graves of the Innocents,” (race relations in ante-bellum Virginia). |
| n.d. | Poem from a lover far away to her sweetheart at home. |
| n.d. | “The Auction.” (Mrs. Rohrer plans daughter’s marriage by auction). 3 pp. |
| n.d. | Poems: “To My Child in Heaven” [from Religious Herald] and “The Violet” [from Purley’s Spelling Book]. |
| n.d. | “Integrity”: a dialogue between mother and daughter. |
| n.d. | “The Early Called, or the Victims of the Cholera,” set in 1833 to “consider your latter end.” |
| n.d. | Memorandum re Episcopal maxims, ca. 1830. |
| n.d. | Sketch of a tethered and costumed burro, initialed F.R. |
| n.d. | Engraved plate from French book: still. |
| Folder 2 | |
| post 1843 | Pamphlet: “My Table and its History”: A memorial to Lucy Grymes, relating much family history, probably written by Mrs. Ralph Wormeley Digges; includes “The [Yorktown] Windmill: An Elegy, 1790.” One volume of 30 pp. |
| Folder 3 | |
| 1789–1791 | Letter Book of Dr. Augustine Smith including many poems, letters and observations written in Edinburgh and Yorktown and referring to members of the Page, Nelson, and Tankard families. Also includes “The Windmill: An Elegy” of 1790. |
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