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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm82040170
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of the Singleton family, plantation owners in South Carolina, were purchased by the Library of Congress in 1929.
The papers of Singleton Family were processed in 1985. The finding aid was revised in 2011.
A partial card index to the Singleton Family Papers is available in the Manuscript Division Reading Room.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Singleton Family is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Singleton Family are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Singleton Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The Singleton Family Papers, which consist of family and general correspondence, business and legal papers, and miscellaneous material, span the period 1758 to 1860, with the bulk of the papers covering the years 1829-1855. The collection reflects the life and activities of many family members, but particularly relates to Marion Singleton Deveaux Converse, the wife of a South Carolina plantation owner. Over half of the letters in the collection are addressed to her.
Approximately one hundred letters written by or to Angelica Singleton Van Buren, the daughter-in-law of President Martin Van Buren, are bound in a single volume. Nearly half of these letters were written by Angelica Van Buren, and many of them are datelined from Washington, D.C., and Lindenwald, the Van Buren estate in Kinderhook, New York. Few of the letters discuss her life in the White House, where for a time she assumed the role of hostess.
Correspondence in the Singleton family papers chiefly concerns family matters such as health, births and deaths, marriages, trips, school affairs, and social events. Correspondents include Betty Coles, Marion Singleton Deveaux Converse, Robert Marion Deveaux, Stephen G. Deveaux, George McDuffie, William C. Preston, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Singleton, Abraham Van Buren, and Angelica Singleton Van Buren.
A miscellany file contains various forms of family memorabilia, including newspaper clippings, attendance reports from the early years of the University of Virginia, invitations, certificates, poetry, and genealogical data.
This collection is organized by type of material. Folders containing letters written by women are arranged alphabetically under the writer's first married name.
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm82040170