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Processed by: Jim Greve
Date completed: 15 March 2001
Personal Papers Collection, Acc# 37983
Extent: 2.25 cubic feet
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Provenance:
Purchased from William K. Atkins, 309-A Dinwiddie Street, Portsmouth, Virginia 23704.
Restrictions:
None
Preferred citation:
Maupin Family Papers, 1780-1955. Accession 37983. Personal Papers Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Separations:
None
FAMILY HISTORY
The Maupin family were residents of Albemarle County and Portsmouth, Virginia, and Baltimore. Dr. Socrates Maupin was born on 25 November 1808. He was a professor of chemistry at Hampden-Sydney College, and later head of the Richmond Academy. He aided in the establishment of the Richmond Medical College. For fifteen years he was associated with the University of Virginia, where he served as President of the Faculty. On 14 December 1837 he married Sally Hay Travis Washington (1812-1891) a daughter of Lund Washington and Susan Monroe Grayson. Dr. Socrates Maupin died in a runaway accident in Lynchburg on 19 October 1871.
His son Chapman Maupin was born in Albemarle County on 23 April 1846. He graduated from the University of Virginia, studied abroad for a few years, and then moved to Maryland where he was made principal of the Baltimore City College, and later founded Maupin's University School in Ellicott City, Maryland. On 5 January 1871 he married Margaret Lewis Taliaferro (1845-1930), a daughter of Gen. Alexander Galt Taliaferro of Annandale, Culpeper County. Chapman Maupin died in Ellicott City, Maryland on 25 July 1900.
Chapman Maupin and his wife had three daughters. They were Agnes Marshall Maupin (1871-1904), Sally Washington Maupin (1874-1944), and Margaret Lewis Maupin (b. 1877) who married Rex Corbin Spencer Maupin. Margaret Lewis Maupin was very active in the Maryland Daughters of the American Revolution and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
Papers, 1780-1955, of the Maupin family of Albemarle County and Portsmouth, Virginia, and Baltimore, Maryland. The bulk of the collection covers the years 1870 to 1955. Includes correspondence, subject files, and oversized items.
SERIES DESCRIPTION
Series I: Correspondence
The correspondence mainly concerns three generations of the Maupin family, including Dr. Socrates Maupin (1808-1871), his son Chapman Maupin (1846-1900), and granddaughter Margaret Lewis Maupin (b. 1877). There are two early letters written to Mrs. Mary E. MacPherson, the sister of Dr. Socrates Maupin's wife Sally Hay Travis Washington. They include information on the appointment of William T. Washington to West Point, and the impending marriage of Sally H. T. Washington to Dr. Maupin.
The correspondence between the years 1845 and 1870 deal with Dr. Maupin's work at the University of Virginia. Subjects include appointments and recommendations of faculty members, letters of introduction for various students, including the son of Senator David Levy Yulee of Florida, and other news relating to the university. There are also letters between members of the Maupin family and others discussing national politics and family matters. There is an extensive letter which relates to the future military career of Robert Washington Maupin, and his interest in serving in Peru. The correspondence from this time period also includes letters written to Peter Grayson Washington while he was serving as Assistant Secretary of State which deal with recommendations, appointments, and meetings.
The correspondence from 1870 to 1900 concerns Champman Maupin and his family. There are letters of sympathy after the death of Dr. Socrates Maupin, letters from Chapman's brother Robert Washington Maupin while a business school student in Baltimore, as well as correspondence involving estate matters, including the sale of lands owned in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Texas, the destruction and restoration of the Grayson family burial ground at "Bel Aire" estate near Woodbridge in Prince William County, as well as other family matters, genealogical subjects, travels, health, weather, and information relating to Chapman's operation of Maupin's University School in Ellicott City, Maryland.
After 1900, the letters are written mostly to Margaret Lewis Maupin from her mother and sisters, containing family news. Also included is a letter of sympathy after the death of her sister Agnes Marshall Maupin, Margaret's marriage to Rex Corbin Spencer Maupin and subsequent letters from her husband, and annual dues notices and correspondence from various patriotic organizations.
Series II: Subject Files
The subject files contain accounts and receipts, booklets, a Civil War letter dated 14 August 1864, clippings, genealogical notes and charts, two obituaries, pamphlets, photographs, publications, speeches, a copy of the will of William Maupin dated 1813, and miscellaneous items.
Series III. Oversized Items
The oversized items include two deeds, a membership certificate to the Order of LaFayette, a pedigree and genealogical chart, and a sectional map of the cities of Superior, WI and Duluth, MN (1876).
CONTAINER LIST
| Box | Folder | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| Series I. Correspondence | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1819 |
| 2 | 1837 | |
| 3 | 1845, 1849 | |
| 4 | 1850-1859 | |
| 5 | 1860, 1866-1868 | |
| 6 | 1870-1874 | |
| 7 | 1875-1879 | |
| 8 | 1880-1887 | |
| 9 | 1888-1889 | |
| 10 | 1890-1893 | |
| 11 | 1894-1896 | |
| 12 | 1897 | |
| 13 | 1898-1899 | |
| 14 | 1900 | |
| 15 | 1901 | |
| 16 | 1902-1909 | |
| 17 | 1910-1917 | |
| 18 | 1918-1919 | |
| 19 | 1920-1929 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1930-1935 |
| 2 | 1940-1949 | |
| 3 | 1950-1953 | |
| 4 | 1954-1955 | |
| 5 | n.d | |
| Series II. Subject Files | ||
| 3 | 1 | Accounts and Receipts |
| 2 | Agreement, 1880 | |
| 3 | Booklet - Ambler, Lucy Johnston. When Tidewater Invaded the Valley: A Tribute to the Men of Lower Virginia in the Days of the John Brown Raid.(1934) | |
| 4 | Booklet - Commemorative Exercises in Honor of the Bartlett Statue of Benjamin Franklin, Baltimore, 9 April 1921 | |
| 5 | Booklet - Memory Quotations from English Classic Authors | |
| 6 | Booklet - Sigillologia: Being Some Account of the Great or Broad Seal of the Confederate States of America.(1873) | |
| 7 | Booklet - Washington Custis Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, n.d. | |
| 8 | Call Slips - Library of Congress | |
| 9 | Calling and Membership Cards | |
| 10 | Christmas, Greeting and Sympathy Cards | |
| 11 | Civil War Letter, 14 August 1864 | |
| 12 | Clipped Signatures | |
| 13 | Clippings | |
| 14-17 | Envelopes | |
| 18 | Extracts from Proceedings of UVA Faculty, 29 May 1878 | |
| 19 | Genealogical Chart - Bransford | |
| 20 | Genealogical Chart - Spencer-Maupin | |
| 21 | Genealogical Notes - Burwell | |
| 22 | Genealogical Notes - Chapman | |
| 23 | Genealogical Notes - Cooke | |
| 24 | Genealogical Notes - James | |
| 25 | Genealogical Notes - Maupin | |
| 26 | Genealogical Notes - Murat | |
| 27 | Genealogical Notes - Spencer | |
| 28 | Genealogical Notes - Taliaferro | |
| 29 | Genealogical Notes - Throckmorton | |
| 30 | Genealogical Notes - Townshend | |
| 31 | Genealogical Notes - Washington | |
| 32 | Genealogical Notes - "The Washington Family and Two Branches," n.d. | |
| 33 | Genealogical Notes - Misc. | |
| 34 | Latin Exercises, 1861-1862 | |
| 4 | 1 | Marriage Announcement of Margaret Lewis Maupin and Rex Corbin Spencer Maupin, 7 November 1917 |
| 2 | Military Pass, 1862 | |
| 3 | Miscellaneous | |
| 4 | Norfolk-Tidewater Committee of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia - Membership List, 1952 | |
| 5 | Obituary of James Rawlings Maupin | |
| 6 | Obituary of Margaret Lewis Maupin (1930) | |
| 7 | Order of LaFayette - Constitution, 1917 | |
| 8 | Pamphlet - "The Final Solution of the Lee Chapel Problem." Washington and Lee University Bulletin, vol XXII, no. 4 (25 March 1923) | |
| 9 | Pamphlet - "The Order of the Service for the Massing of the Colors and Observance of the 208th Birthday of George Washington," The Pro-Cathedral, Baltimore, 18 February 1940. | |
| 10 | Pamphlet - "The People - An Address Delivered Before the Jefferson Literary Society of the University of Virginia in the Public Hall, June 28, 1866 by John W. Daniel of Lynchburg, Va." | |
| 11 | Pamphlet - Virginia Bill of Rights and 1830 State Constitution | |
| 12 | Pedigree of Margaret Lewis Maupin | |
| 13-15 | Photographs | |
| 16 | Photograph Frames | |
| 17 | Plats and Surveys | |
| 18 | Program - Dedication of the Double Equestrian Statue of Lee and Jackson, Wyman Park, Baltimore, 1 May 1948 | |
| 19 | Publications - Jefferson County Historical Society Magazine, vol. VII (December, 1947) | |
| 20 | Publications - The Maryland Society of the Colonial Dames in America (1944) | |
| 21 | Publications - University of Virginia Alumni News, vol. XII, no. 1 (August, 1923) | |
| 22 | Publications - The Valentine Museum Bulletin (Fall, 1951) | |
| 23 | Publications - Virginia Drama News, vol. XVI, no. 3 (15 December 1947) | |
| 24 | Publications - Yorkshire as the Home of the Washingtons | |
| 25 | Poetry | |
| 26 | Recommendation of R.W. Jones as Professor of Physical Sciences, n.d. | |
| 27 | Resolutions Passed by Various Institutions Upon the Death of Dr. Socrates Maupin, 1871 | |
| 28 | Speech - Baltimore Chapter, U.D.C., 23 October 1931 | |
| 29 | Speech - Children of the Republic, 17 June 1922 | |
| 30 | Speech - Socrates Maupin, n.d. | |
| 31 | Speech - 30th Anniversary of the Washington-Custis Chapter, D.A.R., n.d. | |
| 32 | Speeches - Chapman Maupin | |
| 33 | Stock Buys and Sells, 1880 | |
| 34 | Tax Due Statements | |
| 35 | Will of William Maupin, 1813 (copy) | |
| Series III. Oversize Items | ||
| 5 | 1 | Deed, 1780 |
| 2 | Deed, 1808 | |
| 3 | Order of LaFayette Membership Certificate, 1918 | |
| 4 | Pedigree of Margaret Lewis Maupin and Via Family Genealogical Chart | |
| 5 | Sectional Map of Cities of Superior, WI and Duluth, MN (1876) |