GUIDE AND INVENTORIES TO MANUSCRIPTS
IN THE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SECTION
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR. LIBRARY
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDATION

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WISE-WARE PAPERS, 1846-1871, 6 pieces. MS 80.5.
Personal and business papers of the Wise and Ware families. Whether or not either of these families ever resided in Williamsburg, and if so, for how long, has not been ascertained.
However, included among the papers are a letter from Parkes Slater in Williamsburg to William S. Ware concerning the unpaid taxes of his sister, Elizabeth [Ware] Wise; also includes a letter from E. H. Levetz in Williamsburg to Mrs. Wise offering to purchase part of a lot “next to Dick Christian’s” owned by her and by Mr. Ware’s children; and a letter from W[illiam] S. Ware to his sister, Elizabeth C. Wise, in Williamsburg. Also includes a letter from Elizabeth Wise to Sally
[?] mentioning the weddings of Lucy and Sarah Welsh and a trip to Richmond. Business papers include a store account and a tuition receipt.
Microfilm copy (M-1585) available.

INVENTORY

WISE-WARE PAPERS, 1846-1871.
November 1846 Letter. Elizabeth Wise to Sally re family, a wedding, and a visit to Richmond to a tavern.

21 December 1854 Receipt for part of the tuition for Mrs. B. Wise’s daughter. Signed by S. M.Allen.
August 1855 Letter. W[illiam] S. Ware, Churchview, Virginia to Elizabeth C. Ware, Williamsburg. Explains that children and slaves are sick, wishes to hear from her and invites her to spend the winter with him.
March-December 1856 Receipt of Mrs. E[lizabeth] Wise for items purchased from Rober Barnham.

30 April 1858 Letter. Slater Parkes, Williamsburg, to W[illiam] S. Ware re tax paymentdue.

29 March 1871 Letter. E. H. Levetz, Williamsburg to Eliz[abeth] Wise
repurchase of property owned by Mrs. Wise and [William] War