Correspondence, 1895-1939

Most of the letters in this series are addressed to Margaret Parker Stoddert and relate to her research into her Stoddert and Smallwood relations. For example, the 1895 letter from G. G. Eaton details a Stoddert/Smallwood connection. In 1907 Margaret Stoddert offered two family portraits for exhibit in the Jamestown Exposition and received a reply from the First Lady of Virginia, Lizzie Lyons Swanson.

Margaret Stoddert's daughter, Elizabeth Reeder, received a letter in 1939 providing details of the history of the Stoddert family home, "West Hatton," from 1663 to 1819, when John Stoddert purchased the land.

Arrangement of the correspondence is alphabetical by recipient and then alphabetical by sender. Under each recipient the arrangement within each sender group is chronological.