John Howe Peyton Letter,
Scope and Content
The collecton consists of a letter from Peyton in Staunton to his first wife's mother, Elizabeth Preston Madison (1762-1837) at Fotheringay, Montgomery County, Virginia, and contains information about the family and personal concerns.
Dates
- Creation: 1821 - 1821
Creator
- Peyton, John Howe, 1778-1847 (Person)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from John Howe Peyton Letter must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical Note
John Howe Peyton was born in Stony Hill, Stafford County, Virginian on April 3, 1778. He attended the College of New Jersey at Princeton, graduated in 1797. He passed the bar and became a lawyer in 1799, focusing on criminal law. He worked as deputy US Attorney for the western district of Virginia. He turned down several nominations, one to congress in 1820 and a judgeship in 1824. He later became a state senator (1839-45), and founder of the Virginia Female Institute at Staunton. In 1840, he was appointed a visitor to the United States military academy, and he wrote the report of that year. For ten years he was president of the board of directors of the Western Virginia lunatic asylum. He was a member of the Whig party. He died in 1847.
He married Susanna Smith Madison (1780-1820) in 1802, and after her death married Ann Elizabeth Lewis (1802-1850).
He had a son, John Lewis, born in Staunton, Virginia, 15 September 1824, who graduated from the law department of the University of Virginia in 1845.
Full Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collecton consists of a letter from Peyton in Staunton to his first wife's mother, Elizabeth Preston Madison (1762-1837) at Fotheringay, Montgomery County, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
The John Howe Peyton Letter was acquired by Special Collection prior to 1977.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the John Howe Peyton Letter was completed prior to 2010. Additional description was completed in November 2010.
- Title
- A Guide to the John Howe Peyton Letter, 1821
- Status
- Completed
- Subtitle
- A Collection in Special Collections
- Author
- Sarah R. Olney
- Date
- © 2010 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu