Octavia Walton Le Vert letter MSS.2758
Le Vert, Octavia Walton
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
August 2010
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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Octavia Walton Le Vert letter and clipping
- Unit ID:
MSS.2758
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet
- Dates:
probably 1858 October 20
- Abstract:
Contains one letter written by this Mobile, Alabama, socialite to Mr. Meek in response to his letter regarding her book, Souvenirs of Travel. The recipient is most likely Benjamin Meek, a professor at The University of Alabama. Also includes a clipping from the Tuscaloosa News about Le Vert
Biographical/Historical note
Octavia Walton Le Vert, 1810-1877, was born in Georgia and as a child moved to Pensacola, Florida, and later to Mobile, Alabama. She married a physician, Henry Le Vert, in Mobile. Both before and after her marriage she travelled extensively in the U.S. and in Europe and was acquainted with with writers and political leaders, including Washington Irving, Edgar Allen Poe, and Queen Victoria. In 1857 she wrote Souvenirs of Travel, which described her trip to Europe.
- Acquisition Information:
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Found in Souvenirs of Travel, from Professor B. Fidler
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Octavia Walton Le Vert Letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Processing Information:
Processing Information note
Processed by Donnelly Lancaster Walton, August 2010
Scope and Contents note
Contains one letter written by this Mobile, Alabama, socialite to Mr. Meek in response to his letter regarding her book, Souvenirs of Travel. The recipient is most likely Benjamin Meek, a professor at The University of Alabama. Also includes a clipping from the Tuscaloosa News about Le Vert
Le Vert letter and clipping Box SC0038 Folder 2758.01