Riordan, Jane Robertson
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Overton Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 Ov2
Scope and Contents
Papers, 1727-1918, chiefly 1781-1875, of members of the related Overton, Ragland, Claybrooke and Hart families of Louisa County, Va. and Haywood Co., Tenn. The early papers are primarily legal documents, accounts and account books of John Ragland and Samuel Ragland and correspondence of the children of Samuel Ragland. After 1797, the collection concerns the legal and business papers of Samuel Overton, Thomas Overton, Waller Overton and Sally Overton Claybrooke. After 1810, the collection...
Dates:
1727-1961; Majority of material found in 1781-1875
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Shipman-Wills Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 Sh7
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, 1833-1856, between the Shipman family of Rockingham County, Va. and the Wills family of Fluvanna County, Va. There are letters, 1838-1840, between James C. Shipman while serving in the Virginia House of Delegates and his wife Mary Minor Wills Shipman. Many letters are written by women. The collection includes letters of Jane R. Riordan discussing her going to Richmond to learn the millinery trade and starting in business; letters concerning marriage and courtship; letters...
Dates:
1833-1870
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
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- Slavery--Virginia--19th century 1
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