Title: R.H. Williams Letters

Date/Date Range :   1893 October 30-1899 February 28

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection of letters, dated 1893 October 30-1899 February 28, chronicles a relationship between R.H. Williams of Chattanooga, Tennessee and Mildred Pitkin of North Cambridge, Massachusetts. These letters, written from Williams to Pitkin, discuss financial matters as well as a fire at the Richardson Building in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Call number: MS-3178

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

Aquisition Information:

This collection was purchased by Special Collections in July 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], R.H. Williams Letters, MS-3178. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

This collection consists of one folder

No Biographical Information Available.

This collection consists of seven personal letters from R. H. Williams to Mildred Pitkin written between 1893 October 30 and 1899 February 28. The letters constitute a back-and-forth between the two friends and discuss personal affairs. There is a mention in three letters of a financial relationship, but its extent is unknown. Williams discusses a trip that he took to Cumberland Mountain in October of 1893. The letters also detail the Richardson Building Fire of 1897 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Williams lost two of his best friends in the fire and was himself presumed dead. The Richardson Building was the largest in Chattanooga, and a contender for largest in the South. Most of the letters are written on the stationary of the Williams and Lancaster Law Firm of Chattanooga, Tennessee or the Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway. It is important to note that following the Richardson Building Fire the Williams and Lancaster Law Firm relocated to Temple Court, another building in Chattanooga.

• Chattanooga (Tenn.) -- History.
• Cambridge (Mass.) -- History.
• Hamilton County (Tenn.) -- History.