Brief Description: This collection contains letters from Dr. Robert W. Withers, a planter from Greene County, Alabama, as well as from relatives of his. Dr. Withers attended Yale and graduated in 1817. He then received his medical degree from what would become the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1819. Once he moved to Alabama, he gave up his medical profession and became a planter as well as raised and sold horses. His son, William, moved to Texas and managed his father's vast land holdings. His journal, contained in this collection, began in May 1866 and continued through March 1899 {some volumes are missing}.
Held at:
UNA Archives and Special Collections
UNA Box 5028
Florence, AL 35632
Phone: (256)765
extension 4226
Email: archives [at] una.edu
Created by: Robert Withers Papers, 1731-1920
Volume: 1.0 Boxes
Biographical Note for Robert Withers Papers, 1731-1920 :
The journal contained in this collection was obtained from Mr. Edward Coleback, an attoney from Florence. The author of the journal was Mr. William Withers, son of Dr. Robert W. Withers. {Withers is the great uncle of Coleback}
More information on the family can be found in the Clay Collection at the University of North Carolina and also in The Clays of Alabama, located in the Alabama collection here at Collier Library.