Identity area
Reference code
P/P155/67/28
Title
Sinton family letters
Date(s)
- 1810-1977 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
93pp
Context area
Archival history
The Manuscripts Department of the Alderman Library (now Shannon Library), University of Virginia, provided Kerby A. Miller with reproductions of the Sinton letters on 31 March 1977 from which Miller created his transcripts.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Transcripts and reproductions of three letters written between 1810 and 1812 by newly-arrived Irish Quaker emigrant William Sinton in Richmond, Virginia to his brothers Jacob and Henry back in Ireland (perhaps Cork). The letters discuss the linen and tobacco trades as well as family matters. Also included is correspondence from the Alderman Library introducing and forwarding the letter copies.