Skip to main content

Box 1

 Container

Contains 128 Results:

Robert Walter Weir letter of appointment, 1834-05

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: Vault MSS 511 Series 3 Sub-Series 3 Item 3
Scope and Contents

Presidential letter of appointment to Robert Walter Weir as teacher of drawing, beginning May 8, 1834 signed in the City of Washington. It also issues that Robert should honor his duties and the men under him should follow his command.

Dates: 1834-05

D. Felden letter , 1834-05-08

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: Vault MSS 511 Series 3 Sub-Series 3 Item 4
Scope and Contents

Letter from D. Felden to G. C. Verplanck, dated May 8, 1834 concerning the unanimous Senatorial appointment of Robert Walter Weir.

Dates: 1834-05-08

Robert Walter Weir theological notes, 1841

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Vault MSS 511 Series 3 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Theological notes by Robert Walter Weir, from approximately 1841. Most of the writings are quotes from other individuals or the Bible.

Dates: 1841

Monday night, 1849 December 10

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Vault MSS 511 Series 3 Sub-Series 5 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Poem written by Robert Walter Weir on December 10, 1849. The subject of the poem is a cold Monday night in the parlor.

Dates: 1849 December 10

Robert Walter Weir letter to Julia A. Bayard, 1849 December 11

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Vault MSS 511 Series 3 Sub-Series 5 Item 2
Scope and Contents

Letter from Robert Walter Weir to his sister Julia A. Bayard, dated December 11, 1849 at West Point. The subject of the letter is a copy of Weir's poem, "Monday Night."

Dates: 1849 December 11

Robert Walter Weir letter, 1850 January 1

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Vault MSS 511 Series 3 Sub-Series 5 Item 3
Scope and Contents

Letter written to "My absent sister" on January 1, 1850, and contains a poem.

Dates: 1850 January 1

My husband is a painter too, 1852 January 5

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Vault MSS 511 Series 3 Sub-Series 5 Item 4
Scope and Contents

Robert Walter Weir draft of a poem dated on January 5, 1852. The subject of the poem is the imagination of painters.

Dates: 1852 January 5

My husband is a painter too, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Vault MSS 511 Series 3 Sub-Series 5 Item 5
Scope and Contents

Robert Walter Weir poem draft ca. 1848-1921. The subject is the imagination of a painter.

Dates: undated

My husband is a painter too, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Vault MSS 511 Series 3 Sub-Series 5 Item 6
Scope and Contents

Draft of a poem written by Robert Walter Weir ca. 1848-1921. The subject of the poem is the imagination of the painter.

Dates: undated

My husband is a painter too, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Vault MSS 511 Series 3 Sub-Series 5 Item 7
Scope and Contents

Draft of the Robert Walter Weir poem ca. 1848-1921. The subject of the poem is the imagination of the painter.

Dates: undated