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Finding Aid for the Romulus Riggs Estate Letters, 1847


MS-3086

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Collection processed by: Laurel Rozema, June 7, 2007
Finding Aid written by: Laurel Rozema, June 7, 2007
Encoded by: Laurel Rozema, June 7, 2007

Summary Information
Title: Romulus Riggs Estate Letters

Date/Date Range :   1847

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:
This collection contains three 1847 letters to the executor (Charles H. Graff) of the estate of Romulus Riggs. Primarily, the contents concern settlements of debts for Col. Sanders, Henry S. Peyton, J. F. Wilkinson, and others.

Call number: MS-3086

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
Collection purchased by UT Special Collections Library in February 2007.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Romulus Riggs Estate Letters, MS-3086. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection contains three letters.


Biography / History

Romulus Riggs (1782-1846) was a prominent merchant in Washington, D.C., and the uncle of George Washington Riggs, co-founder of Riggs National Bank, which PNC Bank acquired in 2005. In 1814, he was co-director of the Farmers & Mechanics Branch of Riggs in Georgetown, D. C., with George C. Washington. In 1872, the bank became the Farmers & Mechanics National Bank of Georgetown, and it merged with Riggs National Bank in 1928. Riggs also held great amounts of land in Illinois and, in fact, presented the first public bell from Americans in the state to the Vandalia Presbyterian Church in December 1830. His daughter Illinois (1826-1911) married Charles Henry Graff (1820-1878) on March 29, 1847.


Collection Scope and Content Note

This collection contains three 1847 letters to the executor (Charles H. Graff) of the estate of Romulus Riggs. Primarily, the contents concern settlements of debts for Col. Sanders, Henry S. Peyton, J. F. Wilkinson, and others.

See also UTK-MS-2767: William B. Lewis Letter, 1842 January 31.

Subject Terms

  • Graff, Charles.
  • Riggs, Romulus, 1782-1846.
  • Gause, John Peter, 1802-1858.
  • Legal correspondence.
  • Brownsville (Tenn.) -- History.
  • Nashville (Tenn.) -- History.
Contents List
Folder   1     Item   1    
Letter to Charles H. Graff of Philadelphia, Pa., executor of R. Riggs, from John P. Gause of Brownsville, Tenn., 1847 January 47
Folder   1     Item   2    
Letter to Charles H. Graff of Philadelphia, Pa., executor of R. Riggs, from John P. Gause of Brownsville, Tenn., 1847 March 2
Folder   1     Item   3    
Letter to the Executors of R. Riggs of Philadelphia, Pa., from A. Wright of Nashville, Tenn., 1847 December 19