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By Dixie Norwood
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
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}.
Biographical Note
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.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Family Register of William Withers and his Family (1731-1920)
- Folder 2: Unclassified-mainly Henry Withers Letters (1819;1847;1850;1859;1867;1889-1890;1901)
- Folder 3: Letters to Dr. Robert W. Withers from Suzanna Claiborne Clay {sister-in-law} (1832)
- Folder 4: Letters from Suzanna Claiborne Clay to her sister, Mary D. Withers (1830;1832-1834;1837;1840;1854)
- Folder 5: Letters from Clement Comer Clay to his brother-in-law, Dr. Robert W. Withers (1827;1833-1835;1838;1841;1845;1850)
- Folder 6: Letters from Thomas Withers, Sr., to Dr. Robert W. Withers {also a letter from Dr. Withers to John Grammer-1/3/1815} (1824-1825;1827;1836;1838;1841)
- Folder 7: Letters from Thomas Withers, Jr., to Dr. Robert W. Withers {son of Thomas and Elizbeth Grammer Withers} (1831;1833;1837;1840;1843;1849-1851;1853)
- Folder 8: Letters from Mrs. Wilkins {Mother of Martha Wilkins-first wife of Dr. Robert W. Withers} and Bettie Wilkins {daughter} (1824-1825;1832/1827;1829;1832)
- Folder 9: Letters from William and Edmund Withers to {brother} Dr. Robert W. Withers (1831;1834)
- Folder 10: Letters from Mary D. Withers to Dr. Robert W. Withers (1828;1832;1836-1838;1846;1850)
- Folder 11: Letters from Robert W. Withers, Jr., to his parents (1853-1856)
- Folder 12: Letters from Priscilla Withers McDowell and Maria Louis Withers to Mary D. Withers {sister} (1841;1867)
- Folder 13: Letters from James Mitchell Withers to Mary D. Withers (1831-1833;1846)
- Folder 14: Miscellaneous: Winn-Reese Family {Death of Walter W. Winn near Petersburg, VA July 1864} (1862-1864)
- Folder 15: Letters from Dr. Robert W. Withers to Mary D. Withers (1837;1840-1841;1846-1847;1850;1857)
- Folder 16: Journal of William Withers-Volume 2 (May 19, 1866-October 5, 1866)
- Folder 17: Journal of William Withers-Volume 3 (1871 and parts of 18272,1873)
- Folder 18: Journal of William Withers-Volume 4 (1869,1871,1871)
- Folder 19: Journal of William Withers-Volume 9 (January 1, 1880-January 1, 1881)
- Folder 20: Journal of William Withers-Volume 11 (January 1, 1882-January 4, 1883)
- Folder 21: Journal of William Withers-Volume 13 (March 31, 1884-April 5, 1885)
- Folder 22: Journal of William Withers-Volume 14 (April 6, 1885-October 21, 1885)
- Folder 23: Journal of William Withers-Volume 15 (October 23, 1885-April 30, 1886)
- Folder 24: Journal of William Withers-Volume 16 (May 1, 1886-January 21, 1887)
- Folder 25: Journal of William Withers-Volume 17 (February 1, 1887-April 1888)
- Folder 26: Journal of William Withers-Volume 18 (April 1888-December 15, 1888)
- Folder 27: Journal of William Withers-Volume 19 (December 1888-August 1889)
- Folder 28: Journal of William Withers-Volume 20 (August 10, 1889-August 7, 1890)
- Folder 29: Journal of William Withers-Volume 21 (August 1, 1890-August 1891)
- Folder 30: Journal of William Withers-Volume 22 (August 16, 1891-July 15, 1893)
- Folder 31: Journal of William Withers-Volume 23 (1893-1895)
- Folder 32: Journal of William Withers-Volume 24 (May 3, 1895-January 20, 1897)
- Folder 33: Journal of William Withers-Volume 25 (January 21, 1897-November 1898)
- Folder 34: Journal of William Withers-Volume 26 (April 1898-March 1899) {Death of Mary D. Withers 11/7/1898-page 11) }
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