Guide to the Letter to Edward B. Ambler MSS.2874
Ambler, Edward B.
- Author:
Finding aid prepared by Lydia Wommack
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
September 2010
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
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Letter to Edward B. Ambler
- Unit ID:
MSS.2874
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet
- Dates:
1886 August 2
- Abstract:
A letter to Edward B. Ambler of Cool Spring, Virginia, from his cousin, G. D. H. of Richmond, Virginia, describing an ancestor's experience in 1750s Williamsburg and Philadelphia.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Letter to Edward B. Ambler, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2006.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Lydia Wommack, 2010.
Biographical/Historical note
In 1886, Edward B. Ambler was a resident of Cool Spring, Virginia.
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains a letter to Edward B. Ambler from his cousin, G. D. H. about his health. G. D. H. also describes family history he has recently discovered in the form of letters and journals. One ancestor, Daniel Fisher, wrote of his voyage from London to America in 1750 and his time as a merchant in Williamsburg. Later this ancestor traveled to Philadelphia and spent some time in the printing office of Benjamin Franklin. G. D. H. expresses an interest in publishing the journal.
Letter Box SC0035 Folder 2874.1
Letter from G. D. F., Richmond, Virginia, to Cousin, Edward B. Ambler, Cool Springs, Virginia, August 2, 1886 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/35519