Printer Friendly VersionA Guide to the Charles Spitzer Letters Collection, 1833-1886
Collection Number SC # 3065
Compiled November 1994
Edited by Kayla Payne, July 2012
Descriptive Summary
Repository: Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University
Title: SpitzerCharles. Letters, 1833-1886
Collection No.: SC# 3065
Creator: Spitzer family
Extent: one folder
Language: English
Abstract: This collection contains 35 letters written among members of Charles Spitzer’s family.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions: none
Use Restrictions: none
Preferred Citation: [identification of item], Charles Spitzer Letters Collection, 1833-1886, SC#3065, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.
Acquisition Information: Purchased by Friends of Carrier Library at Green Valley Auctions, Inc., July 23, 1994.
Other Formats Available: none
Accruals: none
Bio/Historical Note: Selected letters are detailed below:
May 19-Oct. 14, 1833 Eight letters between Charles and fiancée Elizabeth Amiss discuss preparations for marriage.
Dec. 2, 1838 Thomas Amiss to sister Elizabeth; expresses his preference for life in St. Louis; his business is good and life is cheaper than in New Market; mentions Moses Spitzer, who in A History of Shenandoah County by John Wayland (Strasburg, VA: Shenandoah Pub. House, 1927) is said to have died with the infamous Donner party in the California Sierras in 1846.
July 25, 1849 Another letter from Thomas describes massive fire and cholera in St. Louis.
April 18, 1861 R.E. McCann from Richmond asks Charles for a rifle.
March 20, 186_ B.G. Patterson asks Charles about a Minnie rifle.
Scope and Content: This collection consists of one folder containing 35 items, dating from 1833-1886 (and one undated), primarily letters among members of the Charles Spitzer family of New Market, VA.
Also included are two Sunday school certificates (1850, 51) and two tax receipts (1849, 52). Most letters deal with day to day matters including illness and birth and death of family members. Two letters (1861, 1886) concern Charles Spitzer's services as a gunsmith.
Arrangement: The letters are arranged in one folder, in no apparent order.
Contents:
Spitzer, Charles Letters Box: Folder
Letters 1:1
