Grace Memorial Church Records
Scope and Contents
This collection is the minutes of a February 4, 1884 committee meeting at the church describing the funeral of former Virginia governor John Letcher (1813-1884) the week before, and the decision to name a group consisting of Lexington, Virginia notables to write a sketch of Governor Letcher's life. This group included G. W. C. Lee, Francis H. Smith, J. T. Preston, A. T. Barclay, and Col. Edmund Pendleton.
Dates
- 1884
Creator
- Grace Memorial Church (Lexington, Va.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Grace Memorial Church was an Episcopal church in Lexington, Virginia that was renamed as the Robert E. Lee Memorial Church in 1903.
Extent
1 Item
Language of Materials
English
Processing Information
Blue sheet prepared by Betty Kondayan (Oct. 21, 2009)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives Repository