Roger, P. Burwell to Salley S. Alfriend
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05344.05.07 Author/Creator: Roger, P. Burwell Place Written: Williamsburg, Virginia Type: Typed letter signed Date: 8 October 1929 Pagination: 1 p. ; 28.9 x 20.6 cm. Order a Copy
Miss Alfriend donated her uncle's (Frank Alfriend) Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity pin to William and Mary College. Burwell, a current member of the fraternity writes for information about Frank Alfriend, so he may write an article for the S.A.E. Record. He states that all the records for the early members were destroyed. The only information he could find was in a 1918 catalogue of members: Frank Heath Alfriend. A.M. 1860; Former Editor, "Southern Literary Messenger;" Journalist; Author, "Life of Jefferson Davis." He asks for a photograph and a résumé of Alfriend's life.
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