Manuscripts
Mitchell & Tyler (firm) I: Richmond, VA jewelers: Letters and Orders (1849-1859)
- Description
Includes John Tyler autograph letter signed to Mitchell & Tyler, approximately 1858 January 14 (1 page).
- Production date
- 1582-1914.
- Call number
- mssBR
- Additional description
- The large group of individual items described by a misnomer Miscellaneous File and Miscellaneous Manuscripts apparently constituted the core of Mr. Brock's collection. Most materials concern history of Virginia, with items relating to other Southern States, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, New York, etc. Brock's own voluminous private and official correspondence, and papers of the Virginia Historical Society and the Southern Historical Society.
- Provenance
- Purchased from Elizabeth Brock, through the agency of Robert O. Schad, 1922.
