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Date
2-17-1894
Personal Name Recipient
Allison, James W., 1833-1898
Description
Letter from Griffin & Randall to James W. Allison requesting the names of preferred builders.
Transcription
James W. Allison Esqr. Dear Sir: We have received your letter of yesterday and Mr. Griffin will probably go to Richmond the latter part of next week. Kindly send us the names and addresses of the three builders you mention—We are glad to hear of your return and hope that before long we may have the questions about your house practically settled. Very truly yours, Griffin & Randall 17th Feby. '94. [ALS, Griffin & Randall to James W. Allison, February 17, 1894, on letterhead: Griffin & Randall Architects 48 Exchange Place New York. Envelope docketed: – Percy Griffin – Feby 17. and 20th/93. Requesting names of builders that I prefer.] [Edited by MT, March 28, 2006.]
Personal Name Subject
Allison, James W., 1833-1898 -- Correspondence; Griffin, Percy -- Travel -- Virginia -- Richmond
Corporate Name Subject
Griffin & Randall -- Correspondence
Topical Subject
Architecture, Domestic -- Virginia -- Richmond; Architects and builders
Geographic Subject
Richmond (Va.) -- Historic houses, etc.; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
City/Location
Richmond (Va)
Genre
letters (correspondence)
Local Genre
text; archives
Type
Still Image; Text
Digital Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Collection
Building VCU’s President's House
Source
Original letter: Letter from Griffin & Randall to James W. Allison, 1894 February 17, James W. Allison papers, M 1, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
pre003.pdf