Item 126: Bookplate, John Skelton Williams, 1899
Item — Box: 20, Folder: 126
Dates
- Created: 1899
Creator
- French, Edwin Davis, 1851-1906 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Condition Note:
Good
Measurements:
2 ½ in. x 3 ½ in.
Type of Material
Bookplate
Description:
A bookplate of John Skelton Williams featuring a family crest. The bookplate features stars on it, a knight helmet and a dragon on top, with vines surrounding the crest. Above and below the crest, there is text that reads “Nil Admirari Fari Quae Sentiat” which translates to “There is nothing to be admired but the lighthouse.” The bookplate collector, Comptroller, and financier, John Skelton Williams was born on July 6, 1865 in Paxton, Virginia. His parents were John Langbourne Williams and Maria Ward Skelton Williams. He had eight siblings, Cyane Dandridge Williams, Charlotte Randolph Williams, Robert Lancaster Williams, Edmund Randolph Williams, Langbourne Meade Williams, Ennion Gifford Williams, William Berkely Williams, and Maria Ward Skelton Williams. He got married to Lila Lefebvre Isaacs Williams in 1895, having two children, John Skelton Williams Jr. and Hubert Lefebvre Williams. He was a United States Comptroller of the Currency for seven years and was the first president of the Seaboard Airline Railway. He was a main financier in the south and was the Comptroller of the Currency for seven years for President Woodrow Wilson, after being Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Before this, he had made the Seaboard Airline Railway into one company and was its leader for three years. He was comptroller during World War I, and during his time there, they collaborated with the War Finance Corporation, which started in 1918, to help businesses and banks advertise the war. During his time, laws were passed allowing the consolidation of two or more banks. He was pro-segregation and implemented it on the Bureau of Engraving and Printing “and ended promotions for black workers. He died on November 4, 1926 in Richmond, Virginia.
Creator
- French, Edwin Davis, 1851-1906 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
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84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu